This release contains statistics from administrative sources about prevention and protection activities carried out by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs), and their partners, in England for the year ending March 2023.

Patterns of prevention and protection activity in the comparator year (year ending March 2022) were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown restrictions. There was a large reduction in the number of Home Fire Safety Checks (HFSCs) in year ending March 2021, due to lockdowns and social restrictions in response to COVID-19.

To account for the effect of lockdown and social restrictions in 2021, this release compares the data for year ending March 2023 with the years ending March 2022 and 2020.