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Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
Covers Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
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Humberside Fire and Rescue Service right now
0 of 2 better than England
The latest figures, the year to April 2025. Coloured against England: ▼ worse ● about the same ▲ better.
There is no national response time standard for fires.
April 2025 to March 2026
The clock runs from the moment the 999 call is answered by the fire service to the first fire engine arriving. "Serious fires" are what the statistics call primary fires: those in buildings and vehicles, or involving casualties or five or more engines. 1,186 were counted this year.
Where the time goes
| Serious fires | Humberside | England | Similar areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Handling the 999 call | 1 min 23 sec | 1 min 26 sec | 1 min 28 sec |
| Crew getting moving | 1 min 46 sec | 1 min 33 sec | 1 min 58 sec |
| Driving to the fire | 6 min 27 sec | 6 min 25 sec | 7 min 21 sec |
| Total | 9 min 36 sec | 9 min 25 sec | 10 min 48 sec |
Red: worse than England. Green: better than England. Black: about the same as England. A figure within 5% of England counts as about the same. "Similar areas" is the average for fire services classed as intermediate urban areas, the same as this one. Rural services take longer because of distance, so this is the fairer comparison.
By kind of fire
| Kind of fire | Fires | Average response | England | Similar areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House and flat fires | 453 | 8 min 0 sec | 8 min 15 sec | 9 min 20 sec |
| Fires in other buildings, such as shops, offices and care homes | 291 | 9 min 52 sec | 9 min 12 sec | 10 min 40 sec |
| Vehicle fires | 308 | 10 min 37 sec | 10 min 19 sec | 11 min 48 sec |
| Serious outdoor fires | 134 | 12 min 4 sec | 12 min 10 sec | 13 min 3 sec |
| Smaller outdoor fires, such as bins and grass | 2,271 | 9 min 29 sec | 9 min 58 sec | 11 min 7 sec |
Year by year
Average time to reach a serious fire, in minutes
● No clear change: 9 min 36 sec in April 2025 to March 2026, against 9 min 28 sec the year before.
- Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
- England
- Covid, March 2020 to March 2022
| Year | Serious fires | Average response | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 to March 2026 | 1,186 | 9 min 36 sec | 9 min 25 sec |
| April 2024 to March 2025 | 1,053 | 9 min 28 sec | 9 min 6 sec |
| April 2023 to March 2024 | 1,029 | 9 min 12 sec | 9 min 3 sec |
| April 2022 to March 2023 | 1,152 | 9 min 45 sec | 9 min 13 sec |
| April 2021 to March 2022 | 1,048 | 9 min 11 sec | 8 min 50 sec |
| April 2020 to March 2021 | 1,012 | 8 min 37 sec | 8 min 35 sec |
Reading these figures fairly
- There is no national standard. Each fire service sets its own response targets, so figures are coloured against England only.
- Distance matters. A service covering villages and farmland will always be slower than one covering a city. Both services here cover cities and countryside.
- Averages hide the longest waits. These figures do not show how long the slowest responses took.
- Fires only. Road crashes, floods and rescues, which are a large part of the work, are not in these response figures.
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