Essex firefighters have faced one of the busiest summers in recent memory, responding to an unprecedented number of wildfires across the county and want to thank local communities for their support.

Firefighting operations have stopped for today and crews will continue to monitor the site overnight and will return tomorrow to continue their work. Residents may still see some smoke coming from the ...

Meet Alfie, Mason, Brad, Max, Lewis, Laurence, Rhys, Ethan and Josh…our county’s newest firefighters. They’ve been welcomed into Essex County Fire and Rescue Service after completing their basic ...

The fire is out and we are in a position to scale the incident down. Crew are monitoring and cooling any remaining hotspots. Station Manager Scott Fretton said: "Crews have worked extremely hard ...

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) has released concerning new data revealing an alarming fire safety issue in Essex. Between April 2023 and March 2024 there was 732 house fires in Essex, ...

Our Protection team works with businesses to make sure steps are taken to reduce the risk of fire in the workplace. As part of this work, we're raising awareness of safety measures to make sure people ...

Self-employed hairdresser Teresa is paid to protect her community as an on-call firefighter at Great Baddow Fire Station. Luke is a roofer and he’s also an on-call firefighter in Stansted. A role he’s ...

Firefighters were called to a former shop in Little Walk, Harlow, at 9.30pm last night. A member of the public spotted the smoke billowing from the building and called 999. Firefighters rescued a ...

Firefighters have given smoking safety advice after discarded smoking materials caused a shed fire. Crews were called to a shed fire in Layer de la Haye earlier today and on arrival reported that a ...

Stay in the room when charging devices - that’s the advice from firefighters after a power bank caused a flat fire in Southend today. Three crews were called to a flat fire in Southend this afternoon ...

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has opened a brand-new Fire Cadets unit based at Halstead Fire Station, the seventh of its kind in the county. Firefighters were called to an industrial unit fire ...

Firefighters were called at 10.27am today to a fire at the Hampton by Hilton Hotel at Stansted Airport. On arrival, crews confirmed a fire on the third floor of the building. Firefighters rescued ...