FOI release

Requesting data on the cost of fire callouts to KCL accommodation

Case reference FOI2026/00877

Received 28 July 2026

Published 18 August 2026

Request

I am looking to find out about London Fire Brigade attendances at three King's College London-owned student accommodation sites: Great Dover Street Apartments, 165 Great Dover Street, Southwark, London, SE1 4XA Stamford Street Apartments, 127 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9NQ Wolfson House, 49 Weston Street, London, SE1 3RB Please could you provide the following information for the last five years (1 August 2021 to date), broken down by calendar year and by individual site: - The total number of incidents/mobilisations attended, broken down by year and by whether the call was to an automatic fire alarm (AFA)/unwanted fire signal, a confirmed fire, or another cause. - Of these, how many were confirmed as genuine fires and how many were recorded as false alarms. - Where recorded, the cause or classification code for each incident. - The date of each recorded incident. - Whether any charges have been levied against King's College London in connection with attendances at these addresses (for any reason), and if so, the amount and reason for each charge. - LFB's total gross revenue expenditure on operational response/fire-fighting activities for each of the last five financial years, and the total number of incidents attended by LFB in each of those years.

Response

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Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2026_00877.pdf (284.0 KB)

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