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.
| LGV overturns on M2 exit slip at Sittingbourne | Emergency services are at the scene of an LGV that has fallen on its side on the London bound exit slip of the M2 at junction 5 (Sittingbourne). The M2 remains open, however the exit slip from the M2... | 29/11/2018 05:52 | 29/11/2018 08:20 | 3 |
| Kitchen fire in Folkestone | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in the kitchen of a ground floor flat in St Michael's Court, Harbour Way in Folkestone. There were no reported injuries. Crews arrived to find a... | 29/11/2018 05:13 | 29/11/2018 17:44 | 2 |
| Fire in the roof of an Eastry home | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in the roof space of a home in Mill Lane, Eastry. Crews arrived to find the roof well alight. Using breathing apparatus and hose reel jets, crews... | 28/11/2018 15:49 | 28/11/2018 16:58 | 2 |
| Notification | Kent Fire and Rescue Service launched its drone in the area of Cranbrook Road, Staplehurst this afternoon. For privacy concerns contact us quoting reference: 2898. | 27/11/2018 15:10 | 27/11/2018 15:20 | 0 |
| Flat fire in Maidstone | Firefighters were called to a small fire in a first floor flat at a four-storey building. Crews wearing breathing apparatus searched the premises and used a hose reel jet to extinguish the fire. All... | 27/11/2018 14:34 | 27/11/2018 15:20 | 2 |
| Roof of pub on fire in Hoo | Kent Fire and Rescue Service sent four fire engines, a height vehicle and around 30 firefighters to the scene a fire involving the Windmill pub on Ratcliffe Highway. When crews arrived at the scene... | 25/11/2018 17:06 | 25/11/2018 20:48 | 4 |
| Car crashes into moat of Deal Castle | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a car that had crashed through fencing around Deal Castle, and falling into the moat. Crews arrived to find an elderly man in his vehicle in the... | 24/11/2018 08:43 | 24/11/2018 09:42 | 3 |
| Fire involving domestic garages in Folkestone | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire involving a number of domestic garages in Lynwood, Folkestone. Crews used breathing apparatus and hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. There were... | 24/11/2018 07:14 | 24/11/2018 07:50 | 2 |
| Carpet on fire in Canterbury home | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a property in St Peter's Lane, Canterbury to reports of a carpet on fire. When they arrived they discovered a woman in her early 30s suffering from... | 23/11/2018 22:14 | 23/11/2018 22:49 | 2 |
| Fire in Gravesend flat | Kent Fire and Rescue Service dealt with a fire in a flat on the third floor of the nine storey Gravesham Court in Clarence Row, Gravesend. Due to the height of the building a full response for a... | 23/11/2018 21:39 | 23/11/2018 22:55 | 6 |
