New water safety stations at Conningbrook Lakes to save lives
Cllr Kate Walder at one of the Conningbrook Lakes water safety stations with James Laidlaw, Aspire & Parks Portfolio Operations Manager A popular park in Ashford has been equipped with…
Splashing Success: Mermaids make a grand for Littlestone lifesavers
The Merry Mermaids present a cheque to RNLI Littlestone volunteer Lifeboat Operations Manager Matt Crittenden for £1050 Credit: RNLI/John Kenny Littlestone RNLI have welcomed a Pod of open water Mermaids…
Storm Ciarán keeps Kent Fire and Rescue Service busy
Library image Kent Fire and Rescue Service has attended a number of incidents between 11.30pm on 1 November and 9am today (2 November) as a result of Storm Ciarán. Crews…
Lithium batteries believed to have started recycling lorry waste blaze near Canterbury
Library image Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a lorry carrying recycling waste on fire in Farmhouse Close, Barham, Canterbury just before 9.00am on Friday, 22…
Gillingham building blaze ‘deliberate’ report Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Library image Kent Fire and Rescue Service rushed to a fire in a derelict building, in Brompton Road, Gillingham just after 12.00 on Sunday 17 September. Two fire engines arrived…
Be a FireStopper and help reduce deliberate fires across Kent
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is determined to reduce the number of deliberate fires in Kent and Medway, but they need your help. If you ever have information about a…
Dungeness RNLI presented with original ‘scupper’ in commemoration of 90th anniversary
Bob and Susan Jones with RNLI Dungeness volunteers and their gift alongside the station’s model of the boat Saturday 9 September 2023 is the 90-year anniversary of the naming ceremony…
Whitstable Lifeboat crew rescue injured paraglider from base of cliff
Lifeboat approaches the cliffs at Bishopstone on Monday morning Credit: Sam Turner/RNLI Whitstable. A paraglider who was injured on the beach at Bishopstone, near Herne Bay, was rescued by Whitstable…
Finger pointed at E-scooter after fire breaks out in Gillingham block of flats
A blaze broke out in a block of flats in Wood Street, Gillingham, on Saturday night (19 August), after an e-scooter reportedly caught fire in the lobby area. The fire…
Person cut free from upturned vehicle near Aldi supermarket in Canterbury
Kent Fire and Rescue Service have rescued a person from an upturned vehicle on Wednesday evening (16 August) near to the Aldi Supermarket at St Andrews Close, Canterbury. Together with…