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.
| Notification | Kent Fire and Rescue Service is flying its drone in the Maidstone area. For privacy queries contact us quoting reference 2753. | 30/05/2020 13:18 | 30/05/2020 14:11 | 0 |
| Cliff collapse in Eastchurch | LATEST: 1300 Sunday 31 May 2020
Emergency services returned to the scene of a cliff collapse just after 7am on Sunday 31 May 2020. A further significant section of the cliff at Surf Crescent and... | 29/05/2020 21:47 | 31/05/2020 18:42 | 1 |
| Car fire in Greenhithe | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a car alight in a wooded area off Spring Vale, Greenhithe.
Crews arrived in two fire engines and wore breathing apparatus while using hose reel jets to... | 29/05/2020 00:27 | 29/05/2020 01:12 | 2 |
| Skip fire in Aylesford | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a skip alight off Hall Road, Aylesford.
Three fire engines and a height vehicle attended, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used hosereel jets to... | 28/05/2020 20:18 | 28/05/2020 21:31 | 3 |
| Fire at wood yard in Tenterden | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a wood yard alight in Woodchurch Road, Tenterden.
Two fire engines attended and crews used hosereels and drag rakes to extinguish flames.
No... | 28/05/2020 19:56 | 28/05/2020 10:26 | 2 |
| Outbuilding fire in Southfleet | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to an outbuilding alight at commercial premises in Station Road, Southfleet.
Four fire engines attended and crews wore breathing apparatus while using... | 28/05/2020 19:31 | 28/05/2020 20:47 | 4 |
| Update: Straw bales alight in Sittingbourne | Update: 11:40am (29 May)
Firefighting work is now complete and the scene is soon to be left in the care of the landowner.
Residents living nearby in areas such as Yelsted and Stockbury are... | 28/05/2020 14:15 | 29/05/2020 10:54 | 4 |
| Beach hut fire in New Romney | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a beach hut on fire in Greatstone, New Romney.
Two fire engines attended the incident, which happened on the Grand Parade, and crews extinguished the... | 28/05/2020 09:13 | 28/05/2020 09:55 | 2 |
| Multiple sheds alight in Sheerness | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to several sheds alight in Prince Charles Avenue, Sheerness.
Two fire engines attended and crews used hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze.
No... | 28/05/2020 01:15 | 28/05/2020 02:08 | 2 |
| Domestic property fire in Platt | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire in a property on Comp Lane in Platt. Four fire engines were sent to the scene and crews arrived to a fire spreading into the roof area of... | 27/05/2020 14:44 | 27/05/2020 16:19 | 4 |
