Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to introduce of a dedicated category for recording wildfire incidents within the Incident Recording System.

We are ensuring within Version 2 of the Fire and Rescue Data Platform (FaRDa) that data relating to wildfires can be captured through the way incident data is recorded, rather than through a dedicated wildfire category. By collecting a consistent set of data points and reporting criteria across all incidents, FaRDaP will enable analysts to identify and assess incidents that meet the definition of a wildfire, while avoiding the need for a separate wildfire classification within the platform.