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  • Hot oil sparks warning from Brigade

    Firefighters investigating the cause of a flat fire on Sydney Road in Enfield over the weekend are reminding people never to try and extinguish a hot oil fire with water.

    News
  • Brigade stages tunnel rescue for training exercise

    Fire crews from London Fire Brigade will stage the rescue of a collapsed construction worker from a tunnel as part of an emergency service training exercise next week.

    News
  • Request information from us

    We publish a lot of information about the work of the London Fire Brigade and about the London Fire Commissioner as a public authority. There are a number of ways to access this information.

  • Primary school visits

    Did you know that London Fire Brigade visits primary schools to run fire safety workshops? Find out more and books yours here.

  • Developer appointed for Albert Embankment multi million pound makeover

    A new London Fire Brigade museum and the redevelopment of Lambeth fire station moved a step closer today following the appointment of U and I Group Plc (U+I) as development partners for the old London Fire Brigade headquarters building on the Albert Embankment.

    News
  • Modern day firefighting

    At the end of World War II plans were made for a peacetime service and it was decided fire brigades would be best run by local counties and county borough councils. The London Fire Brigade resumed operation on 1 April 1948.

    Museum
  • Walworth – cigarette balcony blaze

    Fire investigators believe a cigarette may have caused a fire on a balcony on Thurlow Street in Walworth, yesterday evening. They believe it was dropped from a flat above and blown onto the balcony, landing amongst bags of clothing on the first floor.

    Incidents
  • Neasden - road traffic collision

    Three fire engines and a fire rescue unit were called to a road traffic collision at the Neasden roundabout at the junctions of Neasden Lane and Dudden Hill Lane, NW10, this morning.

    Incidents
  • Hampton - pub blaze

    Firefighters advise on keeping internal doors shut in case of fire after they helped limit damage and helped save the life of a family pet following a pub fire on The Avenue in Hampton this afternoon.

    Incidents
  • Incense stick blaze kills snake and two guinea pigs

    Fire investigators believe a house fire that killed a snake and two guinea pigs at the weekend was caused by an incense stick. The blaze broke out in a house on Rose Lane in Chadwell Heath in Romford RM6 on Saturday night.

    Incidents