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Guidance: Fire statistics guidance

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October 17
08:30 2024

Methodology and quality report

This document gives detailed information on the dataset used to compile fire and rescue incident statistics and its quality.

Guidance on Incident recording system for fire and rescue authorities

These documents describe the questions and options that are recorded for each type of incident within the incident recording system by fire and rescue authorities across Great Britain. The document is for users of the data both in the fire and rescue authorities and elsewhere.

Fire statistics definitions

This document brings together all definitions from operational and non-operational statistics. Previously these were in separate documents.

Updates to this page

Published 13 May 2021
Last updated 17 October 2024 +show all updates
  1. Updated 'Fire and Rescue Service workforce and pension statistics quality and methodology information' and 'Fire statistics definitions' to accompany 'Fire workforce and pension statistics, year ending March 2024'.

  2. Updated 'Fire statistics definitions' to accompany publication of 'Detailed analysis of fires, England, April 2023 to March 2024'.

  3. Updated 'Fire statistics definitions' to accompany publication of 'Fire and rescue incident statistics, year ending September 2023'.

  4. Added 'Fire and Rescue Service workforce and pension statistics quality and methodology information'.

  5. Updated 'Fire statistics definitions'.

  6. Updated 'Fire statistics definitions'.

  7. Updated 'Fire statistics definitions'.

  8. Updated 'Fire statistics definitions' HTML version, 'Fire and rescue incident statistics: Methodology and quality report' and 'Fire statistics definitions' PDF versions removed.

  9. First published.

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