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About our Service

About our Service

Essex is home to two airports, Stansted and Southend, as well as Harwich seaport, Lakeside shopping centre, Coryton oil refinery, power stations, docks at Tilbury and, along the Thames, seven underground stations and parts of the M25 and M11…

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Save Safely

Save Safely

Fires cost. At best it’s smoke damage and a new appliance, at worst it’s your house or even your life. Here are our best tips to save money while staying safe at the same time. 

The cost of living is rising and people are…

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Winter Safety

Winter Safety

During winter months, you might have more electrics, more items and more people in your home or you might be lighting candles and cooking more. Follow our advice to keep you and your family safe this winter. 

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Welcome to Essex County Fire and Rescue Service

We are one of the largest fire and rescue services in the country, serving the county of Essex which has a wide variety of risks, covering an area of 1,400 square miles and a population of 1.8 million.

We provide prevention, protection and emergency response services from 50 fire stations across Essex.

We are Essex Fire

Fire cadets - applications open

Fire Cadet applications are now being accepted for September 2023, applications will be open from now until 17 April. If you are interested in joining click on the ‘Apply for Next Year’ button below

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Start your online check now

In a bid to reduce the number of house fires in Essex, we are encouraging everyone to complete the online home safety check to evaluate their own risk of fire. 

You can carry out a check yourself, or any family members, friends, neighbours, registered carers, support workers and partner agencies can use this tool. 

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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. 
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Fire

Dog and lizard rescued during flat fire
High Street, Harwich
22 Mar 3.04pm
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Road traffic collision

Lorry down embankment on M11
M11 between Junctions 8 and 9
22 Mar 8.23am
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Fire

Yard fire
London Road, Southend
22 Mar 2.10am
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Road traffic collision

Road traffic collision
Hyde Lane, Chelmsford
18 Mar 3.07pm
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Fire

Bungalow destroyed by fire: occupants escape thanks to working smoke alarms
High Road, Langdon Hills
15 Mar 3.58am
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Fire

Overloaded socket causes bedroom fire
Ghyllgrove, Basildon
14 Mar 12.09pm
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Road traffic collision

Firefighters involved in road traffic collision while attending emergency call
London Road, Brentwood
10 Mar 9.09pm
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Road traffic collision

Serious road traffic collision
London Road, Purfleet
10 Mar 3.27pm
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Person rescue

Woman rescued from Buttsbury Wash
Buttsbury Wash
09 Mar 6.52pm
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Fire

Candle fire
Runwell Road, Wickford
09 Mar 4.38pm
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Incident statistics for 1 January - 31 December 2022.

17,771
Incidents attended
7,226
Home safety visits
4,468
Inspections and audits at commercial properties
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Firefighters give children’s first aid training to local residents

Firefighters giving first aid training inside fire station
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South Woodham Ferrers firefighters held a paediatric first aid awareness session over the weekend.

 

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Fire Service staff gain new electrical testing skills

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ECFRS Safe and Well Lead Claire McGeoch (fourth from right), Henry Cainen, Policy and Research Analyst at Electrical Safety First (third from right) and other members of ECFRS's prevention team.
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Ten members of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service's prevention team have gained new skills to keep communities safe by inspecting and testing their electrical items.

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Fire Service gives advice to celebrate Ramadan safely

A graphic with the text "Ramadan Mubarak. We would like to wish the Muslim communities of Essex 'Ramadan Mumbarak' and offer them support and advice as they observe the holy period of Ramadan.
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is wishing the Muslim communities of Essex ‘Ramadan Mubarak’ and offering them support and advice as they observe the holy period of Ramadan.

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Essex firefighter deployed to Malawi

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Firefighter Rob Thomson standing in front of a fire engine with his bags, ready to fly to Malawi
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A firefighter from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) has been deployed to Malawi to assist with flooding after Cyclone Freddy caused devastation throughout Malawi and Mozambique.

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Southend residents made safer with sprinklers

L-R Group Manager Mark Earwicker, Chris Parker, Director of Operations, Roger Hirst Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Councillor Ian Gilbert and Paul Longman, Head of Major Projects standing outside of Cecil Court
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Hundreds of residents in Cecil Court, an eleven storey high rise in Southend have been made safer after a sprinkler system was installed.

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Fire staff give pawsome names to rescue puppies

White Watch control with Katie from Danaher Animal Rescue
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Control staff from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service have named a litter of puppies at a local animal rescue.

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Essex emergency services celebrate International Women's Day together

Last year's virtual event - Jane Gardner, Deputy Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex presenting to the audience.
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Colleagues from Essex’s emergency services will meet today to mark International Women’s Day.

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Celebration as on-call firefighters begin roles as wholetime firefighters

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Five of the firefighters from the latest wholetime squad
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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service celebrated its latest squad of eight wholetime firefighters during a special ceremony in Witham on Friday.

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Essex Fire Officers home from Turkey deployment  

Bryn, Scott and Steve at Stansted Airport
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Three fire officers from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) who flew out to Turkey following the devastating earthquakes are home having spent eight days working day and night to help find survivors.

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Updates from Essex firefighters in Turkey

ISAR team in Turkey
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Update from our firefighters deployed to Turkey to help with the search and rescue mission following the devastating earthquakes.

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Most people don't think of the fire service when it comes to water rescues, but it's an important part of our work.
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The Essex Fire Museum gives visitors the opportunity to take a fascinating look at the history of the fire service here in Essex.
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