Detailed analysis of fires attended and response times by fire and rescue services, England, April 2024 to March 2025

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Detailed statistics on fires attended by fire and rescue services across England, and fire-related fatalities and non-fatal casualties in those fires. Additionally this release covers trends in average response times to fires attended by fire and rescue services in England. This release presents detailed statistics on fire incidents which covers the year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 for fire and rescue services (FRSs) in England.

The statistics on fire incidents, victims of fires and response times to fires are sourced from the MHCLG’s online Incident Recording System (IRS). The statistics on smoke alarms are sourced from the English Housing Survey (EHS).

As the IRS is a continually updated database, the statistics published in this release may not match those held locally by FRSs and revisions may occur in the future (see the revisions section for further detail). This may be particularly relevant for fire-related fatalities, where a coroner’s report could lead to revisions in the data some time after the incident. It should also be noted that the numbers of fire-related fatalities are prone to year-on-year fluctuations, due to relatively low numbers. The year ending March 2018 had a particularly high number of fire-related fatalities due to the Grenfell Tower fire, though this year is not one of the comparator years in this release. On 4th September 2024, the final report of the inquiry was published. The findings of this report may affect future statistics that include the Grenfell Tower fire.

All fire-related Ministerial responsibilities moved from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on 1 April 2025. This change followed a key recommendation from the Phase 2 report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, to bring all fire safety functions under one department. Therefore, as part of this move, all statistical publications and analysis on fire functions were also subject to the Machinery of Government (MoG) change.