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.
| Two men rescued from the river Stour | Kent Fire and Rescue Service were called to the river Stour where two men in their 20s had ended up in the water after camping on the river bank and not accounting for the rising tide of up to 3... | 20/04/2019 00:39 | 20/04/2019 01:21 | 2 |
| Barn fire near Ashford | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a large storage barn fire in West Brabourne near Ashford. Due to the high volume of smoke when the initial crews arrived the additional fire crews and a... | 19/04/2019 18:00 | 19/04/2019 20:55 | 5 |
| Van fire between J5 and J6 M25 | Kent Fire and Rescue Service were called to a van alight between junctions 5 and 6 of the M25 motorway. Crews wearing breathing apparatus and using a hose reel jet extinguished the fire. No one was... | 19/04/2019 13:49 | 19/04/2019 14:20 | 0 |
| Crews free trapped male from crash in Tonbridge | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a crash involving one car on the Hadlow Road, Tonbridge. Crews arrived to find the car on its side and a male occupant trapped by his injuries inside.... | 19/04/2019 04:05 | 19/04/2019 04:56 | 3 |
| Firefighters called to a motor cruiser fire on the River Medway | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a boat fire on the River Medway near to New Court Road in Burham. On arrival crews found a 21ft motor cruiser well alight and two male occupants of the... | 18/04/2019 14:49 | 18/04/2019 16:26 | 3 |
| Garage fire in Ashford | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Beaver Road in Ashford to reports of a garage well alight. Two fire engines attended and crews wearing breathing apparatus used a hose reel jet and water... | 18/04/2019 11:50 | 18/04/2019 12:28 | 2 |
| Tumble dryer fire near Canterbury | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Crown Lane in Stelling Minnis, near Canterbury, to reports of a tumble dryer alight in a family home. Smoke alarms alerted the family to the fire, and a... | 18/04/2019 01:52 | 18/04/2019 02:42 | 2 |
| Shed alight in garden of Sevenoaks home | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to Beechin Wood Lane in Platt, near Sevenoaks, to reports of a garden shed and grass alight. Two fire engines attended and crews used a hose reel jet to put... | 17/04/2019 13:58 | 17/04/2019 14:38 | 2 |
| Fire in Ashford flat | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a fire in a ground floor flat of a property in Kennington Road, Willesborough in Ashford. Crews arrived to find smoke issuing. After gaining entry to the... | 16/04/2019 21:03 | 16/04/2019 22:00 | 4 |
| Shed and tree fire in Pembury | Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to a shed fire in the garden of a property in High Street, Pembury. Crews also found a number of conifer trees well alight. There were no reported injuries.... | 16/04/2019 17:20 | 16/04/2019 17:59 | 2 |
