Freedom of information (FOI) releases from LFB

This is a disclosure log of London Fire Brigade's responses to freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) requests that might be of wider public interest.

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753 disclosures

  1. How many Remediable Service Statements have been issued up to and including 28th February 2026?

    The following request for information pertains to firefighter pensions. 1) In regard to the Sargent judgement how many RSSs were identified as needing to be calculated in total? 2) Can you break down the total RSSs, which needed to be calculated, into specific categories? 3) In regard to issuing Remediable Service Statements, pertaining to the Sargent judgement, how many RSSs have been issued from the beginning and up to and including 28th February 2026? 4) Can you break down the total of RSSs issued during this period into categories? 5) How many Remediable Service Statements are still outstanding? 6) Can you break down the outstanding RSS numbers into categories?

    Published: 1 May 2026

  2. Fire Control Mobilising Other Services

    Hi there, I've been informed that LFB can mobilise appliances from Staffordshire and West Midlands Fire Control under a Buddy/Fire Fax Scheme and Staffs and West Mids fire can do the same in certain cases. Is this the case still and is there any information that you can provide on how the scheme works

    Published: 1 May 2026

  3. FOI Request

    I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I would like to request an update to Case reference FOI2025/01348 to include Jan / Feb and March data for 2026, prior FOI link and data attached for reference. Link: https://london-fire.disclosurelog.co.uk/disclosures/0779f146-1327-40cf-b4e9-c7af39291be3 If you have any questions please let me know.

    Published: 30 April 2026

  4. Disaster recovery plan information request/Fire safety

    Paragon Customer Communications, based at RM9 6BF had a visit from our insurer a few weeks ago and they expressed considerable concerns regarding the risk posed to our site by our neighbour, Stolthaven (a bulk chemical and gas storage facility).The concerns raised by our insurer are stated in the email below.In short, the insurer has requested that the Fire Brigade share the disaster recovery plan for the ignition and loss of containment of the storage on the Stolthaven premises. Stolthaven's address is Choats Road, Dagenham, Essex, RM9 6PU, and, as depicted below, their facility is directly behind ours: If it would be possible please to share the Fire Brigade's disaster recovery plan so that I can send this to our insurer.

    Published: 30 April 2026

  5. Use of drones in search and rescue operations

    I am looking to request statistics regarding the use of UAS (Drones) in terms of Missing People Searches / Person in the water Searches. My requested statistics for years 2024 and 2025 are as follows: - How many incidents was your UAS's deployed to for Missing People? - How many flight hours has your UAS been deployed for missing people? - How many of these searches were successful (as a percentage)? - Any specific data (number of incidents / flight hours) regarding searches for Persons believed to have entered the water. This can include body recoveries. - What UAS equipment do you utilise?

    Published: 30 April 2026

  6. Explosions and similar events related to Sewerage

    i am the technical director for a business which attempts to manage DSEAR (specifically explosive atmospheres) risk within various industries. For the past 3 years we have been asked to provide support in risk assessing wastewater industry sites. As part of this work, we are trying to collate relevant information which can contribute to the demonstration of sufficient consideration of hazards. Could you please advise if you have been called to fires or similar events (explosion) at wastewater infrastructure such as pumping stations or treatment plants .

    Published: 30 April 2026

  7. Staffing Figures

    1.) How many (a) wholetime firefighter, (b) retained firefighter, (c) fire control room, (d) support staff and (e) total staff there were employed in your Fire and Rescue Service, measured by headcount, on 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026.

    2.) We also request the (f) number of wholetime firefighters employed by your fire and rescue service as of 31 March 2025 and 31 March 2026 (headcount) that also work a retained contract and therefore could be described as “wholetime-retained”.

    To clarify, we only request the number of wholetime firefighters with an additional retained contract – we are not asking whether it is with your own or another fire and rescue service.

    Published: 28 April 2026

  8. Lovelace House, 96–122 Uxbridge Road, W13 8RD

    Lovelace House, 96–122 Uxbridge Road, West Ealing, W13 8RD. I would be grateful if you could provide the following:

    1. Incident records or summaries for all callouts attended by the London Fire Brigade at or in the immediate vicinity of 96–122 Uxbridge Road, West Ealing, W13 8RD between 1 August 2024 and 30 September 2024, including: * The address attended * The nature of the incident * Whether the callout was to assist the London Ambulance Service * Attendance times and duration * Any recorded access issues, including lift failures

    2. Any incident records or summaries showing attendance to assist the London Ambulance Service at the above address during the same period. 3. For the following incidents identified in the public LFB dataset, the incident report or summary including the address attended: * Incident 017879-30012025 * Incident 161873-21112015 * Incident 123090-12092019 * Incident 018012-28012026 * Incident 073602-09052024

    Published: 27 April 2026

  9. New FOI request

    I am requesting this information under the Freedom of Information Act. Could you please provide data in response to the following questions: 1. What is the total number of fires related to lithium-ion batteries dealt with by your fire service over the past three years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025) 2. If possible, please also provide the total number for lithium-ion battery fires that involved each of the following (broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025): * * * Smartphone * * * * Laptop * * * * Tablet * * * * Vape/e-cigarette * * * * E-bike * * * * E-scooter * * * * Electric car * * * * Electric mobility scooter * * * * Other * 3. As a comparative, what is the total number of fires of all types dealt with by your fire service over the past three years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025) 4. What is the total number of fires related to lithium-ion batteries and dealt with by your fire service that were recorded specifically at waste centres over the past three years? (Broken down by years 2023, 2024, 2025)

    Published: 27 April 2026

  10. LFB Uniform and Workwear Contracts - REF Response

    I refer to the recent response to my FOI request, ref FOI2026/00114 relating to the contract for Uniform and personal protective equipment excluding structural firefighting PPE. I believe the response provided by LFB, published 26th February 2026, relates to a different contract. The contract which I have received a response to relates to Contract No. 5885 - Provision of PPE, which is incorrect. I apologise if this was an error on my part. The contracts I wish to request information for relate to two other contracts, as detailed on the LFB List of Contracts document; Contract No 5479 - White Shirts and T Shirts, and Contract No. 5414 - Station Based Workwear. Please could I repeat the previous request, as per the below for contracts 5414 and 5479: 1. What are the contractual performance KPI's for these contracts? 2. Suppliers who applied for inclusion on each framework/contract and were successful & not successful at the PQQ & ITT stages 3. Actual spend on these contracts/framework (and any sub lots), from the start of the contract to the current date. I am unable to locate this information through the London Datastore. 4. Start date & duration of framework/contracts? 5. Could you please provide a copy of the service/product specification given to all bidders for when these contracts were last advertised? 6. Is there an extension clause in the framework(s)/contract(s) and, if so, the duration of the extension? Could a copy of the extension clause be provided please. 7. Has a decision been made yet on whether the framework(s)/contract(s) are being either extended or renewed? 8. Who is the senior officer (outside of procurement) responsible for this contract?

    Published: 24 April 2026