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Fire services


The fire service is not run by the City of London, but the details below are included here for information.

The London Fire Brigade is run by the London Fire & Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA). Click here to visit the LEPFA site. For more details on community fire safety from LFEPA see the following:
In your home
At work
Local borough information


Fire safety advice for residents

Fire Gateway website

Fire stations serving the City

Dowgate Fire Station
94-95 Upper Thames Street
London EC4
Tel 020 7587 4148

Dowgate is the only station located within the City boundary and covers an area of approximately two square kilometres within the postal regions of EC2, EC3 and EC4. It occupies the lower floors of Mondial House in Upper Thames Street. The majority of the station's responsibility is for commercial premises, but the daily influx of workers and visitors makes this one of only two stations categorised as 'A risk'.

Whitechapel Fire Station
27 Commercial Road
London E1 1LD
Tel 020 7587 4133

Whitechapel covers a large section of the City of London commercial and business area. Although the ground is relatively small, it has a diverse range of risks which include the London Hospital and its various research centres, the tourist areas in and around the Tower of London and the cosmopolitan area of Brick Lane.

Shoreditch Fire Station
235 Old Street
London EC1V 9EY
Tel 020 7587 4133

Major responsibilities of this station Include Wesleys Chapel, Spitalfields Market, Barbican estates and the Museum of London.

Clerkenwell Fire Station
42-44 Rosebery Avenue
EC1R 4RN

Built in 1872, the station is a grade II listed building. The station is responsible for many buildings of social and historical importance, including the Royal Courts of Justice, Lincolns Inn Fields and Hatton Garden.


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