Incidents
The incidents shown on this page are a selection of the most notable incidents Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has attended. Click on the headline of each incident to see the full details.
An archive of historic incident details are available on our Transparency site.
Road traffic collision: woman rescued
LocationWhitmore Way, Basildon
Attending stationBasildon
Incident typeDate2.22pm, 10 Oct 2021
Find out morePHOTOS: Firefighters rescue cat from roof
LocationHeatley Way, Colchester
Attending stationIncident typeDate10.50am, 06 Oct 2021
Find out moreEleven people rescued from flooded road
LocationCow Watering Lane, Writtle
Attending stationChelmsford
Incident typeDate5.16pm, 05 Oct 2021
Find out moreFlooding: keep your guttering, drains and gullies
LocationWindermere Road, Holland-on-Sea
Attending stationClacton
Incident typeDate7.00am, 05 Oct 2021
Find out moreSmoke alarms alert elderly woman to dishwasher fire
LocationLong Ridings Basildon
Attending stationBasildon
Incident typeDate12.43pm, 04 Oct 2021
Find out morePHOTOS: Stack fire
LocationSudbury Road, Castle Hedingham
Attending stationSible Hedingham
Incident typeDate3.27am, 04 Oct 2021
Find out moreCandle fire - no working smoke alarms
LocationAlderton Way, Loughton
Attending stationLoughton
Incident typeDate9.16pm, 03 Oct 2021
Find out moreFirefighters rescue two dogs from bungalow fire
LocationThorpe Road, Clacton
Attending stationClacton
Incident typeDate9.56pm, 02 Oct 2021
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