Official fire statistics announcement
Fire and rescue incident statistics, year ending June 2026
Focuses on incidents and fires attended by fire and rescue services, fire-related fatalities, casualties from those fires and response times to those fires.
Source fact
What the publisher reported
Focuses on incidents and fires attended by fire and rescue services, fire-related fatalities, casualties from those fires and response times to those fires.
Professional interpretation
What this update may mean
Context only- Most relevant to
- Researchers, property professionals and fire-safety practitioners
- Why it may matter
- This is a publication timetable, not a new dataset, safety warning or change in legal duties.
- Proportionate next step
- No premises-level action follows from the announcement alone. Return to the official release when the figures are published.
Use the update responsibly
A short relevance check
General news should lead to a recorded, proportionate check—not an unsupported conclusion about a building.
- 01
Verify the source
Read the complete publisher page and check whether its wording, status or advice has changed.
- 02
Match the scope
Compare the named product, premises, activity, people or legal scope with your own responsibilities.
- 03
Record the outcome
Note why action is or is not required, and seek competent advice where the relevance cannot be established confidently.
Primary or authoritative evidence
Original source details
The external page remains the authority for the full publication, identifiers, definitions, later amendments and any action specified by the publisher.
- Publisher
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Publication type
- Official fire statistics announcement
- Published
- Last source date held
- Topic
- Upcoming official fire statistics
- Original publication
- View on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Premises-specific next step
Has an update raised a question about your premises?
A news report or safety notice can prompt a review, but it does not establish that the arrangements at an unseen building are inadequate. Compare the update with your responsibilities, existing assessment and current premises records first.