Religious Guidance
Case reference FOI2026/00808
Received 10 July 2026
Published 20 August 2026
Request
For the purposes of this request, “attending premises” includes emergency incidents, home fire safety visits, operational risk visits, fire safety inspections and community-engagement visits.
From the period 1 January 2025 to the date of this request, please provide:
Copies of all training materials, operational guidance, presentations, speaker notes, briefing notes, e-learning modules or videos which advise firefighters or other operational staff about religious or cultural considerations when attending or entering:
a. private homes;
b. places of worship; or
c. other premises associated with a particular religious or cultural community.
Please include relevant material contained within training or guidance described using terms including:
faith awareness;
religious awareness;
cultural awareness, sensitivity or competence;
equality, diversity and inclusion;
community engagement;
working with diverse communities; or
operational engagement with particular faith or cultural groups.
Please include any material relating to specific religions, faiths or belief groups, including but not limited to Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Buddhism.
Please include material supplied, commissioned or delivered by:
places of worship;
religious or cultural organisations;
external training providers;
community groups; or
London Fire Brigade staff networks.
For each relevant course, module or item of guidance, please state:
a. its title;
b. the date it was introduced and, where applicable, withdrawn or replaced;
c. any direct payments made to external providers.
Response
Our Learning and Professional Development department have let me know that LFB do not deliver any courses that specifically refer to this request. There are mentions of religion, in some learning material however, this is from an Equality Act perspective.
The London Fire Brigade delivers Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Literacy training using a core slide deck designed by the Belonging, Inclusion and Wellbeing team. This slide deck forms the basis of classroom delivery to staff groups. A copy of the master EDI Literacy training slide deck is available online and can be accessed using the following link: https://london-fire.disclosurelog.co.uk/disclosures/2a28cf5c-0d1c-4216-a9b8-84f399558ec1?preserveHistory.
Our Community Engagement department have let me know that they produced guidance in 2026 following a number of incidents impacting the North London Jewish community, and related groups. I have attached a copy of this guidance as PDF file ‘Overall Engagement Plan (redacted).pdf’ in the 'Documents' section below. Please note that personal data has been redacted from this document under Section 40 of the FOI act – Personal Information.
Documents
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