FOI release

1 Prescot Street E1 8RL - Incidents Attended

Case reference FOI2026/01376

Received 26 October 2026

Published 10 November 2026

Request

For the property 1 Prescot Street, London E1 8RL 

For the period of time starting 1-January 2018 to 01 January 2021.  Details of attendance of LFB at the property to include: 

  1. Details of initial incident report to include start date and time and details of reporter

  2. Details of when LFB attended the property to include start date and time

  3. Stations from which fire responders were despatched,

  4. Details of responders attending

  5. Details of fire appliances dispatched to property to include registration plate details

  6. Finalised incident report

Response

A full list of incidents attended by the LFB is published via the London DataStore and can be accessed via this link: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-fire-brigade-incident-records. 

This dataset is updated monthly and contains further details of: 

  • The type of incident (i.e. fire, false alarm, special service);

  • The date/time incident occurred;

  • The property type where incident took place (such as dwelling, commercial, car);

  • The location of incident (Borough, fire station ground, postcode, USRN, latitude/longitude);

  • How long it took first and second fire engine (pump) to arrive at incident;

  • Where the fire engine(s) were deployed from;

  • The number of fire engines that attended the incident;

  • The length of time the fire engines stayed at the incident;

  • The notional cost of the LFB attending the incident.

 Details of the appliance mobilised, where it was deployed from and the times recorded for arriving at the incident are also published online and can be accessed via the following link:

https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-fire-brigade-mobilisation-records-24r65 

This dataset is also updated monthly and contains further details of:

·         Year of 999 call

·         Hour of 999 call

·         LFB Resource Mobilisation ID

·         LFB Resource Code

·         First Pump arrived at incident

·         Date and time of mobilised (GMT)

·         Date and time of mobile (GMT)

·         Date and time arrived (GMT)

·         Turnout time in seconds

·         Travel time in seconds

·         Attendance time in seconds

·         Date and time left the incident (GMT)

·         Date and time returned to station (GMT)

·         Deployed from station code

·         Deployed from station name

·         Deployed from location

·         Pump order

·         Code of Plus Code

·         Description of Plus Code

·         Delay code ID

·         Delay code description

I have attached a table incidents attended at 1 Prescot Street, London E1 between 01 January 2018 to 01 January 2021 below.  You can use the ‘Incident Number’ recorded in the list to find out further details about these specific incidents using the published information.

Type

Address

Incident ID

Date

Description

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

009119-22012020

22/01/2020

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

149884-04112019

04/11/2019

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

149724-03112019

03/11/2019

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

149567-03112019

03/11/2019

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

143326-21102019

21/10/2019

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

025089-01032019

01/03/2019

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

140158-02102018

02/10/2018

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

139736-01102018

01/10/2018

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

129553-11092018

11/09/2018

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

116337-13082018

13/08/2018

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

False Alarm

1 PRESCOT STREET, LONDON, TOWER HAMLETS, E1

002933-07012018

07/01/2018

AFA (Automatic Fire Alarm)

Things to note: 

  • Incident reports are exempt from disclosure under the FOI act via section 21 - Information accessible to applicant by other means. Detailed information about accessing a fire report can be found on LFB's website here: https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/about-us/services-and-facilities/services-we-offer/incident-reports/  which should read alongside https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/media/r4ghpwck/policy-number-0874-lfb-charges-for-information-web.pdf

  • I am interpreting ‘Details of reporter’ to be the person who made the 999 call to LFB.  Personal information relating to the 999 caller has been withheld under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information constitutes the personal data of a third party and disclosure into the public domain would contravene the data protection principles set out in Article 5(1) UK GDPR. The exemption is absolute and therefore not subject to the public interest test.

  •  I have included details of where to locate details of the stations from which fire responders were despatched and details of fire appliances dispatched to property above, including appliance callsign numbers.  The names of specific operational members of staff have been withheld under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. The information constitutes personal data of third parties. Disclosure under FOIA is disclosure to the world at large and the individuals concerned would not reasonably expect their names to be placed into the public domain in connection with this request. Disclosure would therefore be unlawful and unfair and would contravene the first data protection principle. As section 40(2) is an absolute exemption, no public interest test is required. 

  • Registration plate details of LFB vehicles are withheld under section 24(1) – National Security of the the Freedom of Information Act 2000.  Details on this specific exemption can be found in a response to an earlier request published on our disclosure log here:  https://london-fire.disclosurelog.co.uk/disclosures/95864c81-ca54-40f1-b8d2-116d8640362d?preserveHistory

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