Fire Statistics Great Britain Statistical Release
Data Type:Administrative
This dataset summarises data drawn from Fire and Rescue Service records of incidents across Great Britain. It contains information including the timing of incidents, location of fires, source of ignition, false alarms, installation and function of fire alarms, casualties and fatalities
Time
Tables of these statistics are available from the National Archive from 2000 onwards. It seems feasible however, given that this is administrative data from the Fire and Rescue Service, earlier years could be obtained.
Dataset Quality
The incident reporting system is subject to constant update and and revision and recent releases should therefore be treated as somewhat provisional.
This is drawn from the incident reporting system data for the Fire and Rescue Service across Great Britain.
Dataset Access and Use
Freely accessible data tables are provided alongside published reports
Government attitudes to research use of their data appear favourable.
