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.
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Deliberate fire in high rise building
LocationWhittingham Avenue, Southend
Attending stationSouthend
Incident typeDate2.10pm, 21 Aug 2021
Find out morewhat3words helps firefighters rescue pony from water
LocationChurch Road, Ulting
Attending stationGreat Baddow
Incident typeDate11.06am, 19 Aug 2021
Find out moreContainer fire
LocationTylers Road, Harlow
Attending stationHarlow
Incident typeDate4.57pm, 18 Aug 2021
Find out morePHOTO - Large stack of baled straw alight
LocationSampford Hall Lane, Great Sampford
Attending stationThaxted
Incident typeDate11.48pm, 16 Aug 2021
Find out moreField fire
LocationChurch Road, Bowers Gifford
Attending stationHawkwell
Incident typeDate11.56am, 16 Aug 2021
Find out moreRoad traffic collision - person trapped
LocationStickling Green, Clavering
Attending stationNewport
Incident typeDate11.50pm, 14 Aug 2021
Find out moreFirefighters issue warning after chip pan fire
LocationWestcliff Parade, Westcliff
Attending stationSouthend
Incident typeDate9.41pm, 14 Aug 2021
Find out moreRoad traffic collision - Woman rescued
LocationCoggeshall Road, Marks Tey
Attending stationColchester
Incident typeDate2.42pm, 13 Aug 2021
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