Freedom of information (FOI) releases from LFB

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258 disclosures

  1. Reorganisation proposals - query on £6,500 additional pension

    Redundancy Policy for FRS staff (PN 562): Can you please provide the following in relation to redundancy and section 8 of that policy (payment of additional pension): 

    1.       The overall number of redundancies in the period (March 2008 to now) (noting whether this was on voluntary or compulsory terms)

    2.       The number of occasions where section 8.4 (payment of any amount of additional pension) was enacted/provided for

    3.       Where a payment was made in accordance with section 8.4, the ‘reason’ that this payment was made

    4.       Could you also please supply the details of whether, at any other time in this period (March 2008 to now), in accordance with any existing or prior Brigade policy or otherwise, a member of staff left the Brigade with ‘payment of additional pension’ included in their terms of departure, and what the reasons for such a payment were.

    Published: 22 May 2025

  2. Information relating to the LFBs Fire Rescue Unit Operations

    Q1) Can you provide the staffing levels for every frontline & specialist vehicle please include how many per rank (Example: 1 SubO & 4 FFs then specify the vehicle) 2) Please can you say all stations that have an FRU capability, please specify what their specialty is and how many of each rank at the station is trained 3) Please can you say if you have Station Commanders specifically assigned to FRU/Rescue Operations (not assigned to stations solely overseeing FRU Operations) 4) Can you provide an org chart for your specialist/Resilience department (or whatever your equivalent is called) please Include Senior Leadership positions and show the portfolio they oversee 5) Please provide any documents relating to FRU Operations (such as policies/SOP/Mobilisation Requirements etc) This concludes my request, I do hope I get a full disclosure and thank you in advance!

    Published: 21 May 2025

  3. -Cide Use (Pesticides, rodenticides etc)

    1. A list of all -cides used by the Service. This is inclusive of, but not limited to: any and all avicides, biocides, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, and rodenticides. 2. The annual cost and volume of purchase of each of these -cides, broken down by -cide, from January 2014 to December 2024 broken down by: 1. -Cide 2. Product Name 3. Volume Purchased 4. Price Paid 5. Purchase Date 3. A list of each of these -cides' use, by volume (litres or kg). 4. Only if available and easily accessible, the location and purpose of each specific -cide’s use. For the former, this may be classified by: location grouping, address, coordinate, or otherwise.

    Published: 21 May 2025

  4. Water Rescues 2024 2025

    How many water rescues did your crews attend to during 2024? How many water rescues have your crews attend to so far during 2025? How many rescues were with joint agencies with the RNLI?

    Published: 21 May 2025

  5. Freedom of Information request - Drones Team Structure

    I would like to see a departmental structure/structure chart of your drones team and if possible which operations department over see it if not already shown in the departmental structure/structure chart.

    Published: 21 May 2025

  6. Remediable Service Statements (RSS) issued by 31/03/2025

    1) How many RSSs were identified as needing to be calculated in total?

    2) How many were sent out and received by eligible persons by the statutory deadline of 31st March 2025?

    3) How many remained unfulfilled by the statutory deadline of 31st March 2025?

    4) Of the numbers not sent out by the deadline were any of these sorted into categories under Section 29(10B) of the Act?

    5) What were the numbers of each category, include a description of each category, and please state the number for any which were not categorised?

    6) On what date were these cases sorted into categories?

    7) How did you notify members that their RSS was delayed and on what date?

    8) What is the expected timescale of issuing all outstanding RSSs?

    9) Has London Fire Brigade reported itself to The Pensions Regulator for a material breach of the regulations or if no decision has been made please state when it is likely to be made?

    10) Will London Fire Brigade compensate pension scheme members who did not receive their RSS by the statutory deadline?

    Published: 20 May 2025

  7. 999 calls for strippers from hendos or stagdos etc

    If the London Fire Brigade has received any calls asking for firemen strippers / call outs to come to hendos or stagdos. Please include: 1) the amount of times such calls have been made over the last five years: i) 2020/21 ii) 2021/22 iii) 2022/23 iv) 2023/24 v) 2024/25 2) The available information on who made the calls: i) gender / age etc ii) location (London borough) iii) inebriated or not 3) any other available information or details of the calls

    Published: 20 May 2025

  8. Costs incurred moving HQ to Union Street

    My request is about the period since the Brigade vacated 8 Albert Embankment in 2007. It is not about costs involved in maintaining or running Lambeth fire station.

    1) Please confirm the total amount paid in rent for the Union Street HQ building since it was occupied in 2008 to the present day

    2) Please confirm the total amount spent in mothballing or maintaining the old HQ at 8 Albert Embankment from 2007 to the present

    3) Please specify if the Brigade incurred any costs in the development for the two planning applications that failed for 8 Albert Embankment. (I understand that the developer bears the cost of a planning application)

    Published: 19 May 2025

  9. Freedom of Information request - Stations that used to operate aerial appliances

    Dear London Fire Brigade, Please list all stations that have had an aerial appliance withdrawn since 1984 or if records do not go back that far from the earliest possible date. Please list: Station name type of aerial withdrawn (TL HP ALP) the year the appliance was withdrawn Please include any stations now closed that had an aerial withdrawn before final closure.

    Published: 19 May 2025

  10. Report to Fire at E81JZ on 13.04.25

    please send me report on cause of fire, as well as the report on the state of fire safety in the building - specifically there are no smoke/ fire detectors in communal spaces - hallways and stairwells - which meant a fire was burning in the building and no one else in the building was aware. It was only from the smell of smoke where I realised I had to escape. Secondly, there are no floorpans in the block to allow emergency services to see how to navigate the burning building - this resulted in a lot of time lost in working out how to access flat. thirdly no safety lights - meaning when the corridor filled with black smoke - it wasn't possible to see.

    Published: 19 May 2025