This release contains statistics about non-fire incidents attended by Fire and rescue services (FRSs) in England for the year ending March 2023 (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023). The statistics are sourced from the Home Office’s online Incident Recording System (IRS) and include statistics on all non-fire incidents and related fatalities and non-fatal casualties, with long term comparisons.

This release provides more detailed analysis of the already published trends in non-fire incidents for the year ending June 2023.

FRSs attend many types of incidents that are not fires or fire false alarms. These are known as non-fire incidents or special service incidents. Examples include flooding incidents, responding to road traffic collisions (RTCs), animal assistance, effecting entry/exit and assisting other agencies.

Each year the content of this release is reviewed to ensure topics of interest are reported. This year’s release includes chapters covering:

• overall trends in non-fire incidents
• fatalities and non-fatal casualties
• road traffic collisions
• medical incidents
• collaborating incidents
• flooding and rescue or evacuation from water incidents and non-fire false alarms
• summary of other incident types