Latest incidents - we're there when you need us
We respond to a variety of emergencies, including fires, road traffic collisions, specialist rescues, maritime incidents, flooding, and incidents relating to hazardous materials.
Here you can find details of some of our incidents. We don’t list details of every incident we attend but only those where there is an important safety message, or we need to warn and inform. We also highlight good work from our crews or some of our more interesting rescues.
Fire
Dog and lizard rescued during flat fire
High Street, Harwich
22 Mar 3.04pm
Road traffic collision
Lorry down embankment on M11
M11 between Junctions 8 and 9
22 Mar 8.23am
Fire
Yard fire
London Road, Southend
22 Mar 2.10am
Road traffic collision
Road traffic collision
Hyde Lane, Chelmsford
18 Mar 3.07pm
Fire
Bungalow destroyed by fire: occupants escape thanks to working smoke alarms
High Road, Langdon Hills
15 Mar 3.58am
Fire
Overloaded socket causes bedroom fire
Ghyllgrove, Basildon
14 Mar 12.09pm
Road traffic collision
Firefighters involved in road traffic collision while attending emergency call
London Road, Brentwood
10 Mar 9.09pm
Road traffic collision
Serious road traffic collision
London Road, Purfleet
10 Mar 3.27pm
Person rescue
Woman rescued from Buttsbury Wash
Buttsbury Wash
09 Mar 6.52pm
Fire
Candle fire
Runwell Road, Wickford
09 Mar 4.38pm