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.
| Car fire in Barham | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a car fire on Church Lane, Barham. Crews wearing breathing apparatus put out the fire with a hose reel jet. There were no reported injuries at this... | 20/12/2020 10:15 | 20/12/2020 10:40 | 2 |
| Notification | Kent Fire and Rescue Service is flying its drone in the Smarden area. For privacy queries contact us quoting reference 1334. | 18/12/2020 12:25 | 18/12/2020 13:37 | 0 |
| House fire in Smarden | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a house fire on Bell Lane in Smarden. At the height of the fire, six fire engines, a height vehicle and a bulk water carrier were all in... | 18/12/2020 07:20 | 18/12/2020 15:20 | 6 |
| Notification | Kent Fire and Rescue Service is flying its drone in the Maidstone area. For privacy queries contact us quoting reference 1209. | 16/12/2020 10:40 | 16/12/2020 12:00 | 0 |
| Crash in Cobham, near Gravesend | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a single-vehicle crash off Henhurst Road, in Cobham, near Gravesend.
Three fire engines attended and crews used cutting equipment to remove... | 13/12/2020 18:40 | 13/12/2020 19:02 | 3 |
| Notification | Kent Fire and Rescue Service is flying its drone in the Canterbury area. For privacy queries contact us quoting reference 974. | 13/12/2020 09:40 | 13/12/2020 11:28 | 0 |
| Notification | Kent Fire and Rescue Service is flying its drone in the Canterbury area. For privacy queries contact us quoting reference 954. | 13/12/2020 02:30 | 13/12/2020 03:20 | 0 |
| Car fire on M2, in-between Rochester and Cobham | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a car alight on the M2 London-bound, in-between Junction 2 for Rochester and Junction 1 for Cobham.
Two fire engines were sent to the scene... | 11/12/2020 21:35 | 11/12/2020 22:09 | 2 |
| Chimney fire in Tunbridge Wells | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a chimney fire at a house in Madeira Park, Tunbridge Wells.
Two fire engines were sent to the scene and crews wearing breathing apparatus... | 11/12/2020 21:18 | 11/12/2020 21:52 | 2 |
| Caravan fire on the A28 near Ashford | Kent Fire and Rescue was called to a caravan well alight in a layby on the A28 near Bethersden, Ashford. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet to put... | 10/12/2020 17:55 | 10/12/2020 18:13 | 2 |
