What data actually exists about this industry, who typically holds it, at what granularity, and how obtainable it is. Public means openly published; purchasable is sold by a vendor; partnership needs a bilateral deal; exclusive is effectively locked up by one party.
| Data category | Who holds it | Granularity | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| pricing | Public procurement databases (TED, national contract registers), apparatus and PPE vendors' tender bids | per contract award / per line item unit price | public |
| inventory & supply chain | Fire service logistics/stores systems, PPE and foam suppliers, public procurement portals (tender awards for apparatus, PPE, extinguishing… | per stock item per depot; per procurement contract | public |
| registry/licensing/permits | Fire marshals and local fire prevention bureaux (fire safety certificates, hot-work and hazardous-material storage permits), professional… | per permit / per premises / per certified individual | public |
| employment & workforce | National fire statistics offices, municipal HR departments, firefighter unions, ILO/Eurostat public-sector employment series | headcount and shift/roster data per service, annual or monthly; per-employee… | public |
| reviews & sentiment | Public satisfaction surveys commissioned by fire authorities and inspectorates (e.g. HMICFRS in England), local government citizen surveys | survey wave per service area, aggregated | public |
| financial filings | Municipal and national budget authorities, audit offices, fire district financial reports | annual budget and expenditure line items per service/district | public |
| incident/safety/claims | National fire administrations and statistics agencies (e.g. US NFIRS/FEMA, UK Home Office Incident Recording System, national fire… | per incident (time, address/geocode, incident type, casualties, property loss… | public |
| weather-dependent metrics | Meteorological agencies and forest/wildfire services producing fire danger indices (e.g. EFFIS, national fire weather services), integrated… | daily per grid cell / per fire weather zone | public |
| communications/marketing performance | Fire services' public-information offices running prevention campaigns (smoke alarm campaigns), social media accounts, national fire… | per campaign; per social post engagement | public |
| sensor/IoT | Fire alarm monitoring companies, building owners, fire services receiving automatic alarms; wildfire detection networks (camera/satellite… | per alarm event per building; per satellite hotspot detection | partnership |
| geospatial/movement | Fire service dispatch/CAD and AVL vendors (Motorola, Hexagon, Tyler Technologies), municipal emergency communication centres | per vehicle GPS ping / per dispatch leg; station and response-zone polygons | partnership |
| booking/utilization/occupancy | Fire service operations centres (unit availability, station staffing levels, appliance utilisation from CAD) | per unit per hour/shift; monthly aggregates in performance reports | partnership |
| waste & emissions | Environmental regulators and fire services monitoring firefighting foam (PFAS) use and disposal, training-ground runoff, smoke plume… | per site per year; per training burn event | partnership |
| maintenance & asset condition | Fire services' fleet and equipment management systems, apparatus manufacturers (Rosenbauer, Oshkosh/Pierce, Magirus), SCBA and hose test… | per asset (pump, ladder, SCBA cylinder, vehicle) per test/service event | partnership |
| quality & compliance testing | Fire inspection authorities, fire service prevention divisions, third-party sprinkler/extinguisher testing firms, standards bodies (NFPA… | per inspection per building, with violation codes; per tested device | partnership |
Compiled by the TriData research system from public registers, industry structure and regulatory reporting obligations; refreshed as the underlying catalogue grows. Look up the code itself in the NACE code finder.