Following a multitude of ad-hoc firefighting arrangements and the Great Fire of London, various insurance companies established firefighting units to tackle fires that occurred in buildings that their respective … See more

Rank structure
London Fire Brigade, along with many UK fire and rescue services, adopted a change in rank structure in 2006. The traditional ranks were replaced with new titles descriptive of the job function.
On 17 October … See more

As of 2014, the LFB has 103 fire stations, including one river station, across the 32 London boroughs and the City of London. They are staffed 24 hours a day by full-time employees of the brigade, and are linked to a control centre in Merton. This centre was opened … See more

Historically, the London Fire Brigade was organised into two divisions: Northern and Southern, divided in most places by the River Thames and each commanded by a divisional officer. … See more

Fire and rescue authorities in England come under the government department formerly known as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). This department was responsible for legislation covering fire authorities; however, in 2006, a structural change to … See more

In 2010/11, the LFB handled a total of 212,657 emergency calls, including 5,241 hoax calls (although it only mobilised to 2,248 of those malicious false alarms). During the same period, it dealt with 13,367 major fires. There were 6,731 dwelling fires, … See more

In October 2007, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) announced that the location for the new regional … See more