London’s firefighters rescue an average of six people a day from various dangers and emergencies, a report has revealed.
The London Fire Brigade said it came to the aid of 3,627 people since January 2024.
This includes 318 Londoners who had to be rescued from fires in that period - an average of three a week.
The biggest rescue incident came in January, when 10 people were saved from a major fire in Upper Norwood.
Firefighters responded to dozens of different emergencies, with the LFB citing 43 types of incident.
The most common was the rescue of a person who had collapsed behind a locked door.
Other frequent emergencies included road traffic accidents, people trapped in lifts and even window cleaners stuck in their cradle.
Out of the total number of those rescued, 1,754 people had collapsed behind a locked door, 463 people were rescued from lifts, 389 people from special service incidents, 229 people were locked in, 73 were rescued from road traffic collisions, 68 people from water and mud incidents, 58 people from chemical incidents and 275 people from other incidents.
Group Commander Shaun Coltress said: “When people think about rescues, they often imagine a firefighter carrying someone out of a burning building. But, as London’s rescue service, we are trained to carry out rescues in a variety of different ways.
“Our fire engines carry dozens of pieces of equipment, and firefighters are trained to adapt their skills to unique scenarios.”
The LFB urged the public to call 999 urgently if they were in need of rescue.
