Incidents
Kent Fire and Rescue Service attends a range of incidents including fires, road crashes, flooding, rescues from height, mud or confined spaces. It also supports other agencies including Kent Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service and the Martime and Coastguard Agency on a regular basis.
The incidents shown on this page are just a sample of those which may be of interest to the public and media.
| Fire in domestic garages - Ashford | Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled a blaze in three domestic garages in South Motto, Kingsnorth, Ashford. Crews used compressed air foam from high-pressure hose reel jets to protect... | 22/04/2017 10:47 | | 3 |
| Woodland fire, Maidstone | KFRS crews have been dealing with an outdoor fire near Seven Mile Lane, Mereworth, Maidstone. Firefighters tackled a fire in around 150 square metres of undergrowth.
| 30/04/2017 09:26 | | 3 |
| Thatch fire Leaveland | KFRS crews have been dealing with a fire in a thatched property in Leaveland, Faversham. On arrival they found smoke coming from the roof. Firefighters using breathing apparatus to fight the fire... | 30/04/2017 10:13 | | 6 |
| Crews tackling large bonfire in Offham | Kent Fire and Rescue Service is responding to a fire in Church Road, Offham and firefighters were on the scene within six minutes of receiving the 999 call.
Fire crews are using a hose reel and... | 09/05/2017 18:46 | | 1 |
| Van fire on M25 junction 6-5 | Firefighters are dealing with a fire involving a van following a two vehicle collision on the M25 anti-clockwise carriageway between junctions 6 and 5. Delays are expected while emergency services... | 22/05/2017 16:31 | | 2 |
| Bean RTC rescue | KFRS crews have been attending a single vehicle RTC on the A2 London bound near Bean.
The car had turned on its side on a roundabout. Firefighters used hydraulic rescue equipment to release two... | 27/05/2017 11:15 | | 3 |
| Fire in Margate front room | Around 13 firefighters and three fire engines are at the scene of a fire in Ethelbert Road, Margate. An emergency 999 call was received by the Kent Fire and Rescue Service's Control Centre just... | 28/05/2017 18:28 | | 3 |
| Three kitchen fires prompt safety warning | Firefighters have attended three kitchen fires today and are reminding everyone to take care in the kitchen
Crews were called to a kitchen fire in a home in Harold Road, Sittingbourne. A pan with... | 29/05/2017 18:29 | | 2 |
| Kitchen fire - Ramsgate | Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus have extinguished a small fire in the ground floor kitchen of a building made up of three flats in King Street, Ramsgate. Crews were alerted by a 999 call... | 04/06/2017 11:41 | | 2 |
| Speldhurst outdoor fire | KFRS crews have been dealing with a large outdoor fire near Langton Road, Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells. A number of trees and scrub were alight as well as a large quantity of logs. Crews used three... | 15/06/2017 14:01 | | 4 |
