Essex County Fire and Rescue Service offers a 24/7 service to the press. Our incident database is updated on a regular basis by the media team and we have established a hotline - 01376 570 814 - where you will be able to reach us round-the-clock. We do ask that routine check calls are not made between 10pm and 6am, 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.
Photographs from incidents may be downloaded for publication. These may be used free of charge by all accredited newspapers and media agencies providing they carry a credit to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Breaches of this arrangement will result in an invoice of £70 per image. Our film footage may also be used under similar arrangement.
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Details/ImagesIncident No: 13431
Date: 02-07-2010
Time: 02:38
Details: Fire at Golf Club
Address: Lords Golf and Country Club, Hullbridge Road, Rayleigh
Attendance: 2 x Rayleigh, 1 x Hawkwell, 1 x Leigh
Firefighters were called to a fire at a golf club. A single storey building measuring 40 x 10 metres was on fire. Crews wore breathing apparatus and used four jets and three hose reels to extinguish the fire by 04:07
Sub Officer Andrew Bicknell from Rayleigh Weir fire station said:
"The fire affected a building which was adjacent to the main part of the golf club. It was used as changing rooms/toilets and a shop. Several golf buggies were also damaged by the fire.
"Firefighters did an excellent job in preventing the fire from spreading to the main building."
The cause of the fire is unknown, it is being treated as a suspicious incident and ECFRS and the Police will carry out an investigation. -
Details/ImagesIncident No: 13359
Date: 01-07-2010
Time: 08:55
Details: RTC - Car and Lorry
Address: A133, Great Bentley
Attendance: 1 x Clacton, 1 x Brightlingsea
Firefighters are assisting ambulance crews at the scene of an RTC involving one car and one lorry. The Urban search and Rescue team have been called in to assist at this incident.
Update - Crews released one woman by 12:16hrs. They used hydraulic cutting equipment and heavy duty airbags.
This is a fatal incident.
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Details/ImagesIncident No: 13302
Date: 30-06-2010
Time: 15:46
Details: House fire
Address: Thurlow Walk, Grays
Attendance: 2 Orsett, 1 x Grays
Firefighters were called to a semi-detached house on fire. Crews wore four sets of breathing apparatus and used two hose reels to extinguish the fire by 17:04
Crews used a thermal image camera to check for any remaining hotspots and ventilated the house using a high pressure fan. -
Details/ImagesIncident No: 13293
Date: 30-06-2010
Time: 14:12
Details: Chemical incident
Address: Central Road, Harlow
Attendance: 4 x Harlow (1 x aerial ladder platform) 1 x Old Harlow, 1 x Loughton, 1 x Grays
Firefighters have been called to a chemical incident at a chemical processing site.
Update 15:15 The Incident Commander reports:One tank of approximately 1000 litres of vinyl acetate is vapouring off. A 200 metre hazard zone is in place around the site.
Update 15:55
The vapour is being contained to the site, the site measures 150 x 20 metres.Update 16:10
The incident has been dealt with, the chemical was deluged with water by on-site facilities in place.
Station Commander John Sherrington from Harlow Fire Station said:
"The vinyl acetate was self heating in the tank which caused it to expand and vapourise, this in turn activated the alarm and automatic deluge system on the tank."Fire crews set up a hazard zone and were on stand by if the worst was to happen, approximately 50 employees were safely evacuated from the site before the arrival of the fire service."
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Details/ImagesIncident No: 13262
Date: 30-06-2010
Time: 01:42
Details: House fire
Address: Longhouse Road, Chadwell St Mary
Attendance: 2 x Orsett, 2 x Grays
Firefighters were called to a semi-detached house and garage on fire. The house was 50 percent alight and 100 percent smoke logged.
At 02:23 crews wearing breathing apparatus had the fire surrounded using three hose reels and one main jet.
At 02:55 crews had extinguished the fire.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage, ECFRS and the Police will carry out an investigation. -
Details/ImagesIncident No: 13248
Date: 29-06-2010
Time: 22:06
Details: Fire at Scrap yard
Address: Morelands Industrial Estate, Rettendon
Attendance: 1 x Southwoodham, 1 x Wickford, 2 x Rayleigh Weir
Firefighters were called to a portable office unit on fire at a scrap yard. The office was 100 percent alight and measured 5 x 10 metres. Crews used one hose reel and a ground monitor to extinguish the fire by 22:51
The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage, ECFRS and the Police will carry out an investigation. -
Details/ImagesIncident No: 13236
Date: 29-06-2010
Time: 20:00
Details: House fire
Address: Oak Road, Grays
Attendance: 2 x Grays
Firefighters were called to a fire in a terraced house. The first floor was heavily smoke logged and crews wore breathing apparatus to extinguish the fire by 20:47 using one hose reel.
Crews used a thermal image camera to check for any hotspots. To clear the property free from smoke crews used a high pressure fan.
A woman aged 32 and her two children aged 8 and 7 months were safely out of the house before the arrival of the fire service. The family have been made homeless following the fire and the local authority were requested to re-house them. -
Details/ImagesIncident No: 13234
Date: 29-06-2010
Time: 19:30
Details: Chip pan fire
Address: Regents Close, Southminster
Attendance: 2 x Burnham
Firefighters were called to a chip pan on fire in a kitchen. Crews wore two sets of breathing apparatus and used one hose reel to extinguish the fire by 19:50 -
Details/ImagesIncident No: 13204
Date: 29-06-2010
Time: 12:49
Details: Road traffic collision-car crashes into house
Address: Fyfield Road, Ongar
Attendance: 1 x Ongar, 1 x Leaden Roding, 1 x Harlow, 1 x Brentwood, 1 x Chelmsford
Firefighters were called to an RTC involving a car and a lorry. The car crashed into a house and the driver was trapped. Crews used two sets of specialist cutting equipment to release the man by 13:33, he was then placed in the care of the Ambulance Service.
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Details/ImagesIncident No: 13188
Date: 29-06-2010
Time: 10:10
Details: Road traffic collision
Address: London Road, Leigh
Attendance: 1 x Leigh, 3 x Southend
Firefighters were called to an RTC involving two vehicles. One woman was trapped by her injuries. Firefighters released the woman working with the Ambulance Service. The incident was dealt with by 10:39
