Accredited official statistics
Fires involving fire extinguisher use attended by fire and rescue services, England
New analysis of fires involving fire extinguisher use.
Applies to England
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These statistics are sourced from the Home Office’s online Incident Recording System (IRS), which fire and rescue services (FRSs) complete for every incident they attend, be it a fire, a false alarm or a non-fire incident.
The public used fire extinguishers in seven per cent (4,828) of the 68,757 primary fires attended by FRSs in England in the year ending March 2020.