FOI release

Bonfire night incidents - numbers and expenditure

Case reference FOI2026/01245

Received 1 October 2026

Published 28 October 2026

Request

Dear London Fire Brigade, Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I request the following information: i) - The number of calls made to your fire service relating to incidents on Bonfire Night (5th November) for each of the last five years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025). ii) - The number of incidents your fire service actually attended after being called out on Bonfire Night (5th November) for each of the last three years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025). iii) - The total cost to your fire service of attending firework-related incidents for each of the last three financial years (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25). Please provide this data separately for each year so that a year-on-year comparison can be made. If one part of the request can be answered sooner than the others, please send that information first, followed by any subsequent data. If you have any questions about this request, I will be more than happy to clarify. This information should be made available to me in electronic form if possible.

Response

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Documents

• FOIA response for disclosure log - FOI2026_01245.pdf (64.8 KB)

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