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Essex County Fire & Rescue Service

News

Find out what's happening at ECFRS. Here is a selection of our latest news bulletins.

  • 21-02-2012NI contributions on emergency vehicles

    An HM Revenue and Customs review into the way UK fire and rescue services calculate employers’national insurance contributions on the value of benefit in kind from the provision of emergency...

  • National Chip Week

    20-02-2012National Chip Week

    Don’t fry and die in National Chip Week this year. National Chip Week takes place between February 20 and 26 and while enjoying the nations favourite Essex County Fire and Rescue Service...

  • In the Swim with Chelmsford

    17-02-2012In the Swim with Chelmsford

    A group of youngsters have learned to swim thanks to a special scheme run by Chelmsford Firefighters and Riverside Ice and Leisure. The scheme, which is now in its sixth year, takes two groups of...

  • Corringham Firebreak

    15-02-2012Corringham Firebreak

    A group of 12 teenagers from Castle Point have graduated from Essex County Fire and Rescue’s hugely successful FireBreak course. The latest course had been sponsored by Skanska Balfour...

  • Ice Warning

    13-02-2012Ice Warning

    Essex County Fire and Rescue service is warning members of the public not to venture out onto frozen lakes and ponds under any circumstances and to keep their children and pets away from these areas....