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.
Please note this is not an exhaustive list.
An archive of historic incident details are available on our Transparency site.
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Map pins are a rough guide to the incident location, not the exact position.
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Garage fire
Mount Avenue, Westcliff
22/10/2017 @ 02:04 -
Road traffic collision - one casualty
Waltham Road, Chelmsford
21/10/2017 @ 07:45 -
Wooden footpath set alight deliberately
St Edmunds Way, Great Dunmow
20/10/2017 @ 19:50 -
Road traffic collision - one casualty
Maypole Road, Tiptree
19/10/2017 @ 16:52 -
Harlow resident led to safety from smoke filled home
Gladwin Way, Harlow
19/10/2017 @ 02:01 -
Road traffic collision - one casualty
Wycke Hill. Maldon
18/10/2017 @ 14:57 -
Five beach huts damaged by fire
Pier Approach, Walton on the Naze
16/10/2017 @ 22:49 -
Road traffic collision - one person trapped
Kent Road, Grays
15/10/2017 @ 19:46 -
Road traffic collision - three vehicles
Valley Hill, Loughton
14/10/2017 @ 00:41 -
Fire in high-rise building
New Road, Grays
13/10/2017 @ 09:25
In addition to our incident database, which is updated on a regular basis by our media team, we have a press hotline - 01376 570814. If you are not the press, use 01376 576000 for other enquiries.
We ask that routine press check calls are not made between 9pm and 8am, because all items of interest will be posted here as they happen. Please note this is NOT a service for the public and press from outside our local area are asked politely to adhere to these guidelines.
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