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The London Fire Commissioner is a corporation sole and the fire and rescue authority for London.

We are a statutory consultee as part of the Building Regulations process. For complex projects, our fire engineers consider the fire safety design proposals.

Governance change for London Fire Brigade

London Fire Brigade Department Structure

There are around 800,000 premises in London covered by the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO) – how do we enforce it?

Our fire investigation dogs are specially trained to identify a variety of ignitable substances to assist with criminal investigations.

Fire escape hoods provide a person with 15 minutes of clean, filtered air in a smoke-filled environment.

Did you know that we responded to over 52,000 automatic fire false alarms in 2023/24? Find out more...

On 14 June 2017 a fire broke out at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington killing 72 people. The Grenfell Tower Inquiry was set up to examine the circumstances leading up to and surrounding the fire. It has since been a catalyst for deep institutional transformation within the Brigade.

London Fire Brigade employs over 5000 people – here you can find out who we are as an organisation, and meet key people