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.
| Chimney fire in Wye | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a chimney alight at a house in Abbots Walk, Wye.
Two fire engines attended and crews used chimney gear to put the fire out.
No casualties... | 06/11/2020 23:55 | 07/11/2020 01:57 | 2 |
| Grass fire in Dover | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of grass alight off North Military Road, Dover.
Four fire engines attended and crews used hose reel jets and a light portable pump to extinguish... | 06/11/2020 20:04 | 06/11/2020 21:54 | 4 |
| Chimney fire in Margate | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a chimney fire on Cornwall Gardens in Margate. Two fire engines and a height vehicle was sent to the scene, and crews arrived to a chimney blaze within a... | 05/11/2020 18:48 | 05/11/2020 20:10 | 2 |
| Waste fire in Sittingbourne | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire on West Lane in Sittingbourne. Two fire engines were in attendance, and crews arrived to smoke issuing from a deep-seated waste fire.... | 05/11/2020 17:05 | 05/11/2020 18:45 | 2 |
| Boat fire in Chatham | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a boat alight near Main Gate Road in Chatham. Four fire engines were in attendance, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets, a main jet,... | 05/11/2020 16:46 | 05/11/2020 18:50 | 4 |
| Crews called to crash in Folkestone | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a crash involving a car, a bin lorry and a parked vehicle in Tile Kiln Lane, Folkestone.
Two fire engines attended and crews used hydraulic... | 05/11/2020 06:36 | 05/11/2020 07:30 | 2 |
| Kitchen fire in Walderslade | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a kitchen fire on Goad Avenue in Walderslade, near Chatham. Two fire engines were sent to the incident, and crews arrived to a fire on the kitchen hob.... | 02/11/2020 19:30 | 02/11/2020 20:17 | 2 |
| Chimney fire near Canterbury | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a chimney fire on Elbridge Hill, near Canterbury. Three fire engines were sent to the scene, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used ladders,... | 02/11/2020 17:19 | 02/11/2020 18:48 | 3 |
| Fire at commercial premises in Tunbridge Wells | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire at a commercial premises in Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells.
Three fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used... | 01/11/2020 23:13 | 02/11/2020 00:52 | 3 |
| Out of control bonfire in Swanley | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to an out of control bonfire on St Mary's Road in Swanley. Two fire engines were sent to the scene, and crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel... | 01/11/2020 20:17 | 01/11/2020 20:34 | 2 |
