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 flat - Ramsgate | Kent Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire in a flat in Wellington Crescent. On arrival crews were faced with a fire on the second floor of a four storey building. Crews used breathing... | 26/11/2014 09:40 | 26/11/2014 10:38 | 2 |
| Fire in flat - Gillingham | Kent Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire in a flat in Windmill Road. Crews used breathing apparatus and a hose reel to extinguish the fire which was in a first floor flat. An investigation... | 26/11/2014 13:31 | 26/11/2014 14:05 | 2 |
| Fire in flat - Rainham | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in a flat in Taswell Road. On arrival crews found a ground floor flat alight. They used breathing apparatus and a hose reel jet to extinguish the... | 27/11/2014 09:16 | 27/11/2014 10:12 | 2 |
| Dishwasher Fire - Rochester | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a kitchen fire in a house in Goddington Road. On arrival crews were faced with a dishwasher alight in the kitchen on the ground floor of a three storey... | 27/11/2014 09:32 | 27/11/2014 10:16 | 2 |
| Road crash on M20 near Folkestone | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a road crash on the M20 between a car and a lorry. The incident happened on the London bound carriageway between junctions 12 and 11. There were no people... | 27/11/2014 10:42 | 27/11/2014 11:13 | 2 |
| Overturned HGV - Romney Marsh | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to an overturned HGV in a water-filled ditch on Tillery Lane. Crews used a 13.5 metre ladder to assist the SECamb Hazardous Area Response Team (HART) to... | 28/11/2014 08:11 | 28/11/2014 08:51 | 1 |
| Bus and car crash - Ashford | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a crash between a car and a bus at the junction of the A28 and Heathfield Road. No people were trapped, however firefighters delivered first aid to the... | 28/11/2014 11:20 | 28/11/2014 11:37 | 1 |
| Fuel tanker and car become wedged - Lyminge | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fuel tanker and car that had become wedged in a country lane. Firefighters used a winch to free the car in Longage Hill. | 28/11/2014 10:34 | 28/11/2014 11:45 | 1 |
| Car and motorbike crash on A259 - Brenzett | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a road crash between a motorbike and car on the A259 at Brenzett, just before the A2080. On arrival crews found a man in his 70s trapped in the car with leg... | 28/11/2014 16:08 | 28/11/2014 17:47 | 2 |
| Commercial waste / rubbish fire - Dover | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a commercial premises on Longhill, Astley Avenue, where a large amount of waste / rubbish was well alight in the yard. Crews used a mainline jet to bring... | 29/11/2014 01:15 | 29/11/2014 02:36 | 2 |
