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To support clarity and ensure I fully understand the organisational position, please provide the following information for the last three years, covering all departments and directorates, including but not limited to: Prevention and Protection, Operations, Control, Training, and all Support Services. 1. Organisation Wide Acting Up and Temporary Promotion Records For all departments listed above and any other relevant directorates: - An anonymised list of all staff who have acted up into Station Commander posts or equivalent roles/positions, regardless of whether they were temporarily promoted to SC rank. - Their substantive rank/grade at the time of acting up. - The department they were acting up within. - The duration of each acting up period. - Whether the acting up was continuous or intermittent. - Whether the acting up was formally recorded under policy. - The criteria used to select each individual for acting up. OFFICIAL – Sensitive - Whether any individuals acted up without holding the required operational competence. Non Operational Acting Up (FRS D → FRS E) - Confirmation of all instances where non operational staff have acted up from FRS D to FRS E, including: - their substantive grade - the criteria used - whether FRS E is treated as the non operational equivalent of Station Commander - whether operational competence, IC1 or IC2 were required - the pay level applied - whether this is applied consistently across departments 2. Pay and Allowances (All Departments) - Confirmation of the pay level applied to each Station Commander post or equivalent role/position, regardless of whether the individual was temporarily promoted to SC rank. - Confirmation of whether any individuals placed into SC posts or equivalent roles were paid at or around £72,000, and the criteria used to determine this level. 5% SRA - Confirmation of all instances where a 5% Special Responsibility Allowance (SRA) has been used as an alternative to acting up or temporary promotion, including: - the roles / positions it was applied to - the substantive rank/grade of the individuals receiving it - whether the 5% uplift is linked to competence, responsibility, or simply being “temporary” - whether the 5% uplift is used consistently across departments 5% Uplift for Temporary Team Leaders - Confirmation of all instances where temporary Team Leaders receive a 5% uplift, including: - their substantive rank/grade OFFICIAL – Sensitive - whether they hold full Station Officer competence, only competent incident Command level 1 or not holding incident Command level 1/ competency to ride - whether Station Officer competence is required for the 5% uplift, or whether it is applied regardless of competence level - the criteria used to determine eligibility for the 5% uplift 7% Uplift for Rotational Staff - Confirmation of all instances where a approx. 7% uplift has been applied to Firefighters rotating into Prevention and Protection (e.g., 6 weeks Prevention/Protection / 2 weeks Ops), including: - the roles / positions receiving this uplift - the substantive rank of the individuals - the criteria used to determine eligibility for the 7% uplift - whether this uplift is used consistently across the organisation Departmental Variations - Any departmental variations in temporary promotion pay, SRA usage, uplift percentages, or acting up mechanisms. - The policy or guidance used to determine pay for temporary roles / positions, including the use of SRAs and uplift percentages as acting up mechanisms. 3. Team Leader / Equivalent Roles / Positions Across the Organisation Please provide the following information for all departments: - An anonymised list of all Team Leaders or equivalent supervisory roles / positions, including their substantive rank/grade and whether they are acting up. Acting Up Eligibility - Confirmation of all staff who are currently acting up from their substantive role / position, but who are not eligible for Station Commander competent pay because they: - do not hold an operational rank - are not operationally competent - do not hold IC1 or IC2 - or do not meet the criteria for SC temporary promotion OFFICIAL – Sensitive Acting Up Levels - For these individuals, please confirm: - the acting up level they are being paid at (e.g., Sub Officer Specialist, Station Officer Specialist, FRS E) - the criteria used to determine this acting up level - the policy basis for awarding acting up pay where SC eligibility criteria are not met Deputy Team Leader (DTL) Structure - Confirmation that the Deputy Team Leader (DTL) role is an officially recognised management role with responsibility for: - conduct and discipline processes - Stage 1 performance management - day to day supervisory functions - Confirmation of the established organisational expectation for the number of DTLs per TL across all departments. - An anonymised breakdown of how many competent DTLs each TL has across the organisation. - Confirmation of any departmental variations in DTL allocation, competence requirements, or management responsibilities. 4. Training and Development Access (Organisation Wide) - The criteria for access to Station Commander development pathways. - The criteria for access to IC2 (Level 2 Incident Command) training. - A list of all staff granted access to SC development or IC2 training in the last three years, including: - their substantive rank/grade - their department - whether they were acting up at the time - Any departmental differences in access to development pathways. OFFICIAL – Sensitive 5. Workload, Staffing Models and Resource Allocation For all departments with supervisory roles / positions: - The established staffing model for each team. - The expected number of competent staff required for safe workload distribution. - Any documented decisions relating to the allocation of competent staff or deputy support roles. - Any departmental variations in staffing expectations for TL level roles / positions. 6. Relevant Policies (Organisation Wide) Please provide copies of, or links to, the following: - Acting Up Policy - Temporary Promotion Policy - Fairness and Consistency Policy - Training and Development Policy - Stress and Wellbeing Policy - Any departmental guidance relating to TL roles / positions, SC pathways, or supervisory responsibilities Purpose of this request This information is required to: - understand the organisation wide application of acting up and temporary promotion policies - ensure consistency and fairness across departments - clarify the position regarding my own role / position, workload and development pathway - support accurate record keeping and future discussions This is not a grievance. It is a request for factual information to ensure transparency and accuracy.
Published: 16 July 2026
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All data and correspondence between LFB and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets about Bullrush Court at 5 and 13 Imperial, E3 3DE and E3 3DF, especially around possible renaming or renumbering. We understand the council has reached out to LFB as part of a consultation process. Please provide everything you have.
Published: 16 July 2026
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Please provide under FOI:
1. The number of incidents attended which featured an e-bike fire in each of these financial years: a) 2020/21 b) 2021/22 c) 2022/23 d) 2023/24 e) 2024/25 f) 2025/26
2. The number of these incidents that involved a fatality
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3. Details of any enforcement action taken against a supplier of e-bikes; a shop which carries out e-bike conversions or any correspondence sent to one of these institutions relating to fire safety in the financial year 2025/26
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4. Details (if held) of where any e-bike which caused a fatal fire since 2020 was purchased, or which company manufactured it.
Published: 16 July 2026
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Please treat this as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, addressed to the London Fire Brigade. I am seeking information relating to fires involving vape shops, e-cigarette retailers, specialist vaping retailers, and fires involving vaping products and associated lithium-ion batteries within the Greater London area. For each calendar year from 2020 to the most recent year available, please provide: 1. The number of fire incidents recorded by the London Fire Brigade at premises classified as: o Vape shops; o Electronic cigarette retailers; o Specialist vaping retailers; or o Any other retail premises category where the primary business activity involves the sale of vaping products. 2. Of the incidents identified in Question 1, please provide: o The number of fire incidents; o The recorded cause of fire (where available); o Whether lithium-ion batteries were recorded as the cause of, or a contributing factor to, the fire; o Whether vaping devices, e-cigarettes, vape batteries, charging equipment, or related products were recorded as involved in the fire. 3. Any incidents within your dataset where the premises description, classification, incident narrative, or other recorded information indicates: o A vape shop; o Electronic cigarette retailer; o Specialist vaping retailer; or o Retailer primarily selling vaping products. 4. Of the incidents identified in Questions 1–3, please provide: o Whether the premises was a listed building; o If so, the grade or category of listing (e.g. Grade I, Grade II*, Grade II); o Whether the fire resulted in substantial structural damage, partial collapse, or total loss of the building. 5. Where recorded, please provide for the incidents identified in Questions 1–4: o Number of casualties; o Number of injuries; o Number of fatalities; and o Any recorded estimate of property damage. 6. Please confirm what classification fields, incident codes, keywords, or search terms are used in your incident recording system to identify: o Retail premises; o Vape shops, e-cigarette retailers, or specialist vaping retailers; o Listed buildings; and o Lithium-ion battery involvement in fires. 7. Please provide copies of any reports, guidance, risk assessments, briefing papers, or other documents produced since 1 January 2020 concerning: o Fire risks associated with vape shops or e-cigarette retailers; o The storage, charging, or sale of vaping products; o Lithium-ion battery fire risks in retail premises; or o Fires involving listed buildings where lithium-ion batteries or vaping products were involved. If the information requested is not held centrally or cannot be extracted without exceeding the cost limit, please provide advice and assistance under Section 16 of the Act to help refine the request. I would prefer the information in electronic format.
Published: 16 July 2026
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I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or Environmental Information Regulations 2004. I am seeking information relating to Bruce House a residential building managed by A2Dominion Housing Group. Please provide, where held, information for the past five years relating to: 1. The number of incidents, emergency call-outs, operational attendances, or fire brigade mobilisations to Bruce House. 2. A breakdown of the reasons for attendance, where available, including: - fire alarm activations; - smoke incidents; - lift rescues or lift entrapments; - flooding or water ingress incidents; - electrical concerns; - communal obstruction concerns; - welfare concerns; - any other recorded attendance categories. 3. Any available incident summaries, operational logs, or records relating to repeat attendance at the building. 4. Details of any inspections, audits, operational visits, or fire safety assessments undertaken at the building. 5. Details of any fire safety deficiencies, recommendations, enforcement activity, informal notifications, or concerns identified in relation to: - communal escape routes; - obstructions within communal areas; - lift reliability affecting evacuation; - fire doors; - smoke ventilation; - compartmentation; - damp, flooding, water ingress, or deterioration affecting fire safety. 6. Any correspondence between the London Fire Brigade and: - A2Dominion Housing Group; - Harrow Council; relating to fire safety or operational concerns at Bruce House. 7. Any policies or operational guidance used by the London Fire Brigade when assessing: - lift outages and evacuation risk; - communal obstruction risks; - repeat attendance patterns at residential buildings. If the requested information cannot be provided in full, please provide as much information as possible within the statutory cost limit. I would prefer the information in electronic format where available.
Published: 16 July 2026
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Specifically, could you please confirm how many call-outs or incidents were recorded for this address between 2018 and 2022? If possible, please include the incident reference numbers and dates.
Published: 16 July 2026
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Sydney Arms, 122 Lewisham Road, SE13 7NL
I want to show how often the fire alarm goes off and how often you are called out.
Published: 15 July 2026
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RE: Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) Request I am writing to make a formal request for information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 regarding fire safety enforcement actions at the above address. I am a resident leaseholder at this property. On 1 April 2026, a London Fire Brigade Enforcement Officer attended the premises to inspect ongoing fire safety failures, specifically focusing on immediate risks regarding the communal fire alarm system and outstanding issues from a September 2025 Fire Risk Assessment. [1] To assist my solicitor in ongoing asset protection and First-tier Tribunal proceedings, I require formal copies of the findings. Please provide the following information: 1. A copy of any Enforcement Notice, Notice of Deficiencies, or formal letter served on the landlord/managing agent (Manorstyle Limited) following the site visit on 1 April 2026. 2. A copy of the inspection report, notes, or data log recorded by the attending Enforcement Officer on that date. 3. Details of any remedial deadlines or statutory actions imposed on Manorstyle Limited regarding the communal fire alarm or block safety. 4. Confirmation of Joint Inspection Protocol: I also request confirmation or internal notes regarding whether this was scheduled as a joint multi-agency inspection. It was our understanding that representatives from the local council's Housing Enforcement/Private Sector Housing team were scheduled to attend alongside the LFB on 1 April 2026, but failed to appear. Please provide any recorded correspondence or logs showing why the joint inspection protocol failed. As this matter involves an active structural risk and the landlord has since allowed the building's communal insurance to lapse completely this information is urgently required to protect public safety and prevent property devaluation. I note your statutory 20-working-day response window and look forward to receiving your acknowledgment.
Published: 15 July 2026
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We are a fire engineering consultancy providing fire strategy services for electrical substations across the UK. We have delivered strategies for more than 30 substations in the past two years. We are currently reviewing best practice for firefighting methodologies within electrical substations, specifically regarding the use of water for controlling or extinguishing fires involving high-voltage equipment. To support the preparation of our current and future projects, we wish to request access to past substation fire incident data from your database. This data would be really helpful in developing practical fire strategy solutions for electrical substations. For previous substation fire incidents across the UK, we would be grateful to obtain the following details where available: • Type of equipment involved e.g. transformer, switchgear, quadrature booster, reactor • Identified cause of fire e.g. electrical fault • Time taken to isolate the affected equipment and allowing the fire service to enter the site • Firefighting method deployed e.g. water, foam-defensive cooling only, controlled burn-out, or no action • Outcome of the incident e.g. extent of damage , environmental impact, injuries/fatalities If you are able to share this data, or direct us to the appropriate publicly available resources, it would greatly assist our analysis and help ensure realistic fire safety design. Many thanks,
Published: 15 July 2026
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Please also furnish me with details of other cases that have been brought against you in the past three years (claimant, details of claim, costs sought and awarded) including those contested and found both in your favour and against. I do this under freedom of information legislation which means you have 30 days to do this or provide good reasons why this is not possible
Published: 14 July 2026
