Historical context

Forestry Commission Table 1: all wildfire incidents attended in England, financial years 2009-10 to 2020-21, verified directly against the published report. Includes all sizes of vegetation fire, not only the National Operational Guidance Programme (NOGP) subset (see fc_nogp_fires).

Source: Forestry Commission, Wildfire statistics for England: Report to 2020-21 (published 16 February 2023)

Forestry Commission Table 3: wildfire incidents meeting the National Operational Guidance Programme (NOGP) definition of a wildfire in England, financial years 2009-10 to 2020-21, verified directly against the published report. NOGP wildfires are the subset meeting one or more of: area burnt of 1 hectare or more, sustained flame length over 1.5 metres, requiring 4 or more fire and rescue appliances, requiring resources committed for 6 or more hours, or presenting a serious threat to life, environment or property.

Source: Forestry Commission, Wildfire statistics for England: Report to 2020-21 (published 16 February 2023)

Measured at 31 March each year. England only.

Source: MHCLG fire statistics table FIRE1101

Measured at 31 March each year. England only.

Source: MHCLG fire statistics table FIRE1101

Measured at 31 March each year. England only.

Source: MHCLG fire statistics table FIRE1101

Measured at 31 March each year. England only.

Source: MHCLG fire statistics table FIRE1101

FIRE0102, 'Total incidents' column, financial year totals: all incident types (fires, false alarms and non-fire special service calls) attended by fire and rescue services in England, verified directly against the published workbook (downloaded from https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a5f63964876beea7ee04a5a/FIRE0102.xlsx, last updated 22 July 2026). Fire statistics responsibility transferred from the Home Office to MHCLG on 1 April 2025. This is a general incident-workload series, not a wildfire-specific count; compare with nr_wildfires_ew and the Forestry Commission series for wildfire-specific figures.

Source: MHCLG fire statistics table FIRE0102 (incidents attended by fire and rescue services in England)

Wildfire incidents recorded through the fire and rescue National Resilience programme. This series must never be merged with older Forestry Commission wildfire counts (fc_all_vegetation_fires, fc_nogp_fires): different reporting system, different definitions and different geography (England and Wales here, England only for the Forestry Commission series). 2026 has no completed-year total yet, so no 2026 point exists in this series.

Source: National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), National Resilience wildfire data

Year-to-date figure, National Resilience wildfire incidents, 1 January to 10 August 2026, as reported in the NFCC release of 11 August 2026. Not a completed-year total: comparable only against the same 1 January to 10 August window in other years, not against the full-year nr_wildfires_ew figures. The release itself gives the equivalent 1 Jan to 10 Aug figures for 2022 (748) and 2025 (848) as comparators.

Source: National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), National Resilience wildfire data

A single-day snapshot from contemporary news reporting on 14 to 15 August 2026, not an official statistical release. Figures describe the number of wildfires reported as active or notable on that date, as reported in the media, and may not match any later official count.

Source: Contemporary media reporting, archived snapshot of 14 August 2026