Latest incidents - we're there when you need us
We respond to a variety of emergencies, including fires, road traffic collisions, specialist rescues, maritime incidents, flooding, and incidents relating to hazardous materials.
Here you can find details of some of our incidents. We don’t list details of every incident we attend but only those where there is an important safety message, or we need to warn and inform. We also highlight good work from our crews or some of our more interesting rescues.
Here you can find details of some of our incidents. We don’t list details of every incident we attend but only those where there is an important safety message, or we need to warn and inform. We also highlight good work from our crews or some of our more interesting rescues.
Fire
Discarded cigarette catches garden furniture alight
Church Avenue, Chelmsford
03 Apr 1.20pm
Fire
Crews extinguish wildfire in South Woodham Ferrers
Creekview Road, South Woodham Ferrers
02 Apr 7.04pm
Making Essex safer together
Incident statistics for February 2025
1,158
Incidents attended
820
Home Fire Safety Checks
99
Very high/high risk inspections and audits

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