Fires

(asked on 21st November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many wildfires there were in the UK between October (a) 2021 and 2022 and (b) 2022 and 2023.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 27th November 2023

The Home Office collects data on incidents attended by Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) through the Fire and Rescue Service Incident Recording System (IRS).

This data includes the location category of the fire and the source of ignition. However, the system does not currently record whether an incident is a wildfire.

The IRS system is currently being replaced and wildfires will be included in the future. Outdoor fire data is published at Outdoor fires in England incident level dataset (expanded) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

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