Fires & Pets
Case reference FOI2026/00278
Received 10 March 2026
Published 1 April 2026
Request
Provide the following information covering January 1st 2020, to December 31st 2025, regarding: - The number of domestic fires the fire service responded to where animal rescue was performed as part of the response. Please break these figures down for each year. - Of these incidents, please provide details on where the source of the fire was deemed to be electrical and, where possible, identify the common electrical causes in these incidents (e.g., faulty wiring, appliance malfunction, overloaded circuits, air fryer fire etc) - Of these incidents, please provide: o The number of pet injuries (non-fatal) o The number of pet fatalities o If known, the number of pets requiring veterinary treatment - Where a pet death or injury was recorded, please provide a breakdown by animal type (dogs, cats, birds, etc.) Questions: 1. Please provide details of the number of domestic fires responded to by your fire service between January 1st 2020, and December 31st 2025, where a pet was either rescued or killed at the scene of the fire. Please break down these figures into animal rescue and animal fatality. 2. Of these incidents where a pet was either rescued or killed during a domestic fire, please provide details of the number of these incidents where the fire was caused by an electrical source of ignition. 3. Of the incidents involving pets where the source of ignition was deemed electrical, please provide details on the causes where possible (e.g faulty wiring, appliance malfunction, misuse of appliances, overloaded sockets etc) 4. Where a pet death or injury was recorded, please provide a breakdown by animal type (dogs, cats, birds, etc.) 5. Of the incidents whereby a pet was rescued or killed how many of these occurred while the pet was alone in the dwelling.
Response
Please see PDF file 'FOI2026_00278_Response' in the 'Documents' section below.
Documents
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