False alarms in
Hammersmith and
Fulham.

In London’s
top ten.

Hammersmith and Fulham is in London’s top ten for automatic fire alarm (AFA) false alarms. The Brigade attended 1,718 there in 2025, 3.7% of the London total, which places it 8th of 33. They made up 45.1% of everything the Brigade attended in the borough, well above the London figure of 34.1%. The count is not adjusted for population or for the number of buildings.

The 2025 total was 162 lower than in 2024 (-8.6%). The highest year in the series was 2024, with 1,880, and the lowest was 2019, with 1,329.

From 1 January to 31 July 2026 the Brigade attended 839 AFA false alarms in Hammersmith and Fulham, against 992 in the same dates of 2025 (-15.4%, against a rise of 10.0% across London). 2026 is a part year and should not be set against a full one.

Daytime attendance
at workplaces: -51.9%.

Since 29 October 2024 London Fire Brigade has not attended automatic fire alarms at most non-residential buildings between 07:00 and 20:30 unless a person also calls 999 to report a fire. Homes, schools, hospitals and the other premises on its exemption list still get a response at any hour.

In the year before London Fire Brigade changed its response on 29 October 2024, it attended 316 AFA false alarms at non-residential buildings in Hammersmith and Fulham between 07:00 and 20:30. In the year after it attended 152 (-51.9%). That is close to the London figure of -53.4%. Residential attendances, which the policy does not affect, rose from 1,442 to 1,485 (+3.0%) over the same two years.

Mostly homes,
not workplaces.

Homes and other residential buildings account for 1,474 of the 1,718 (85.8%). Non-residential buildings account for only 14.0%, below the London figure of 23.8%. The property type with the most was “Purpose Built Flats/Maisonettes - 4 to 9 storeys” (392, 22.8% of the borough total), followed by “Self contained Sheltered Housing” (259). The same type leads across London.