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.
| Hay bale fire - Minster-on-Sea, Isle of Sheppey | Crews attended an outdoor fire near Old Ferry Road, Minster-on-Sea. They used a hose reel jet to deal with three rolls of hay that were well alight. | 20/11/2014 00:45 | | 1 |
| House fire - Walderslade | Firefighters in breathing apparatus used a hose reel to extinguish a fire in a two-storey house. The fire was located on the ground floor. They left the property around 6.15pm. | 20/11/2014 17:40 | 20/11/2014 18:00 | 2 |
| Log burner fire - Cranbrook | Crews in breathing apparatus used a hose reel to tackle a fire in a ground floor living room. No one was injured. | 20/11/2014 19:05 | 20/11/2014 20:10 | 2 |
| Chip pan fire - Herne Bay | Firefighters from Herne Bay and Whitstable were called to reports of a chip pan fire this evening. They arrived at the property within eight minutes of receiving the 999 call and found the resident,... | 20/11/2014 19:05 | 20/11/2014 19:25 | 2 |
| Grill pan fire - Kennington near Ashford | Fire crews were called after a working smoke alarm alerted residents to the fact that their grill pan had been accidentally left on, setting the fat In the tray alight. A fire blanket was used to... | 20/11/2014 19:45 | 20/11/2014 19:55 | 1 |
| Man rescued from house fire - Chatham | Crews were alerted to smoke inside a property at Boundary Road, Chatham. On arrival firefighters rescued a man from the heavily smoke logged house. Ambulance crews treated him for smoke inhalation.... | 23/11/2014 02:10 | 23/11/2014 03:10 | 2 |
| House fire - Tonbridge | Crews were called to a house fire in Copper Beech View, Tonbridge where the lid of a warming cabinet had caught fire. The cabinet had been accidentally turned on and overnight the wooden lid had... | 23/11/2014 09:00 | 23/11/2014 09:30 | 2 |
| Road crash rescue - Upper Halling | Crews were called to release a woman from a car that overturned on a private drive in Pilgrims Road, Upper Halling.
The casualty, who had been unable to get out of the car, was released by... | 23/11/2014 11:50 | 23/11/2014 12:15 | 2 |
| Road crash rescue - Folkestone | Firefighters used hydraulic rescue equipment to remove the doors of a vehicle to free a man who was trapped inside, following a two vehicle crash. He was placed on a spinal longboard and handed into... | 24/11/2014 08:15 | 24/11/2014 08:40 | 0 |
| Fire in flat - Ramsgate | Crews were called to reports of a smoke detector which had raised the alarm to a fire in a flat in Finsbury Road, Ramsgate. Firefighters rescued an elderly lady who was suffering from smoke... | 24/11/2014 22:25 | 24/11/2014 23:35 | 2 |
