Thursday 28th October 2004
Fire (Emergency Calls)

Simon Hughes: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm fire emergency calls were received in (i) Greater London and (ii) each London borough in each year since 1999. [194313]

Mr. Raynsford: The number of fire false alarm calls attended by the London Fire Brigade since 1999 is tabled as follows. Genuine false alarms are those generated by automatic equipment and by people believing that there was a fire (good intent).
Types of fire false alarm attended by London Fire Brigade

	1999–2000			2000–01
Borough	AFA	Good intent	Malicious	AFA	Good intent	Malicious
Barking and Dagenham	319	360	449	298	427	368
Barnet	1,431	496	261	1,306	520	293
Bexley	676	323	275	695	262	230
Brent	1,263	411	429	1,312	380	482
Bromley	903	384	301	905	441	256
Camden	3,446	621	414	3,682	565	331
City of London	936	89	27	1,014	100	26
Croydon	1,065	446	386	1,138	434	352
Ealing	1,490	466	380	1,420	444	347
Enfield	1,059	448	387	1,302	389	337
Greenwich	697	528	550	792	531	482
Hackney	1,524	633	759	1,645	610	619
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,446	343	229	1,535	340	253
Haringey	1,256	441	532	1,297	429	455
Harrow	715	197	132	791	219	128
Havering	739	286	156	536	284	163
Hillingdon	2,875	485	369	2,788	481	242
Hounslow	1,063	427	327	994	408	311
Islington	1,606	527	515	1,726	504	512
Kensington and Chelsea	2,169	334	136	2,145	374	189
Kingston-upon-Thames	1,029	176	148	1,151	162	92
Lambeth	1,618	630	496	1,662	641	469
Lewisham	1,400	521	631	1,486	449	403
Merton	667	257	168	662	251	146
Newham	1,054	557	915	1,029	607	914
Redbridge	799	305	230	741	316	209
Richmond-upon-Thames	934	220	66	894	202	82
Southwark	1,854	602	539	1,902	694	596
Sutton	801	170	112	756	155	109
Tower Hamlets	2,205	617	776	2,332	703	747
Waltham Forest	803	349	391	840	345	386
Wandsworth	1,739	401	332	1,725	421	266
Westminster	5,214	747	569	6,153	745	475
Borough not known	1,033	223	100	537	109	100
Total	47,828	14,020	12,487	49,191	13,942	11,370

 

	2001–02			2002–03			2003–04
Borough	AFA	Good intent	Malicious	AFA	Good intent	Malicious	AFA	Good intent	Malicious
Barking and Dagenham	303	509	397	420	428	325	397	525	351
Barnet	1,393	465	310	1,327	452	246	1,377	579	195
Bexley	755	344	197	690	319	170	805	413	169
Brent	1,273	403	379	1,191	407	376	1,319	447	402
Bromley	1,006	436	252	901	387	182	929	511	232
Camden	4,039	669	431	3,716	616	311	3,823	519	342
City of London	1,097	110	33	992	99	19	1,136	122	30
Croydon	1,134	530	439	1,136	476	269	1,192	547	284
Ealing	1,402	442	445	1,374	427	266	1,401	527	332
Enfield	1,421	505	488	1,285	475	461	1,319	599	405
Greenwich	1,023	626	587	1,033	537	404	953	675	418
Hackney	1,669	708	613	1,714	663	488	1,692	634	428
Hammersmith and Fulham	1,614	324	195	1,623	364	176	1,820	333	152
Haringey	1,395	468	526	1,431	481	584	1,469	480	420
Harrow	1,042	243	173	1,061	235	138	1,192	287	223
Havering	552	363	136	554	330	130	599	441	156
Hillingdon	2,849	569	379	2,544	557	303	2,502	721	267
Hounslow	1,001	481	317	972	426	229	1,021	542	182
Islington	1,585	563	404	1,717	494	392	1,829	519	416
Kensington and Chelsea	2,246	381	225	2,156	341	155	2,189	389	161
Kingston-upon-Thames	1,105	175	108	1,109	152	77	1,185	198	67
Lambeth	1,827	647	491	1,594	614	431	1,718	578	403
Lewisham	1,649	505	470	1,353	524	314	1,258	512	654
Merton	806	305	163	693	259	142	713	296	137
Newham	1,029	691	939	1,125	642	805	1,037	633	636
Redbridge	800	364	245	930	339	223	991	427	192
Richmond-upon-Thames	928	185	74	873	208	53	891	266	67
Southwark	1,841	763	603	1,819	733	507	1,854	658	480
Sutton	785	214	139	734	209	120	793	267	131
Tower Hamlets	2,238	796	842	2,174	793	773	2,295	760	608
Waltham Forest	876	335	366	817	353j	264	863	449	309
Wandsworth	1,729	428	325	1,794	410	241	1,815	426	254
Westminster	6,323	747	480	6,297	785	419	6,419	725	355
Borough not known	90	39	33	22	19	2	40	30	6
Total	50,825	15,333	12,204	49,171	14,554	9,995	50,836	16,035	9,864

Note:
2002–03 excludes strike days
Source:
London Fire Brigade