London Fire Brigade has a longstanding partnership with the London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police Service. With the Policing and Crime Act mandating collaboration among emergency services, we aim to enhance our joint efforts to deliver the best possible emergency services for Londoners.
Our collaboration goals
Building on our existing partnerships, we aim to:
- share a vision of ‘Making London the safest global city'
- deliver a world-class emergency service
- ensure collaboration is at the heart of everything we do
Key initiatives
To improve effectiveness and efficiency, we are exploring:
- reviewing current arrangements with a vision for a shared ‘One London’ call handling, despatch and command and control function
- responding to incidents and challenges together - find out more on the support the resilience of London page
- reducing demand by expanding prevention activities across all fire, ambulance and police, building on our successful prevention work together
- maximising opportunities to drive better value from existing arrangements and to explore commercial options, if appropriate
Coronavirus response
During the coronavirus pandemic, London Fire Brigade worked closely with the London Ambulance Service and the Metropolitan Police. Our firefighters volunteered to drive ambulances and support paramedics, helping the London Ambulance Service maintain its operations throughout the pandemic.
