London Fire Brigade (LFB) has pledged to reduce property fires in the capital city over the next three years.
Under its latest safety plan, agreed by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, LFB has said it will slash the number of blazes in homes by 2% on current levels between now and 2013.
Over the same period, the brigade will also attempt to slash fires in non-domestic properties – such as business premises – by at least ten per cent.
It has set even tougher objectives for the decline of fires in rubbish by aiming to cut the number of incidents by 40 per cent.
The amount of calls to bogus alarms as a result of faulty equipment will also be slashed by a tenth under the LFB pledges.
Ron Dobson, London fire commissioner, said: “We are constantly updating the ways that we provide Londoners with the most effective fire and rescue service.”
In an attempt to improve the efficiency of its fire-fighters, LFB is also in the course of equipping its crews with new life-saving emergency care packs.