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Freedom of Information request - Freedom of Information Request: House Fires

Case reference FOI2026/00180

Received 13 February 2026

Published 2 March 2026

Request

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information for the period 2023, 2024, and 2025 (or the most recent data held within this period): The number of dwelling (house) fires attended by the service For each period, please provide: The total number of dwelling fires attended in each calendar year. A breakdown of the primary causes of these dwelling fires, ideally using the same categorisation you use internally (e.g., cooking-related, electrical faults) Please use the service’s standard incident classification categories (for example: primary fires, secondary fires, special service incidents, and false alarms). Please provide the information in a CSV if possible.

Response

Please see the response in the link below.

Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2026_00180.pdf (66.1 KB)

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