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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.

Incident

Crews called to crash in Folkestone

Incident details

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 cutting equipment to release a casualty from one of the vehicles. He was then passed into the care of SECAmb paramedics.

Kent Police also attended.

Start date and time

05/11/2020 06:36

Stop date and time

05/11/2020 07:30

Location of incident

Tile Kiln Lane, Folkestone

Number of fire engines

Equipment

Rescue - Jaws of life/hyrdraulic spreaders/rams/cutting tools
Rescue - Vehicle stabilisation blocks (*)
chocks and braces (*)
(*) - Answer no longer available

Partner agencies

Kent Police
South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb)