Our Annual Report and Fire and Rescue Statement looks back on the progress we have made during the first year of our Community Risk Management Plan, including key achievements, outcomes and the ...

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service completed 16,347 Home Fire Safety Visits in 2025–26, a 52% increase on the previous year ...

An Essex fire dog has been commended by the national vet charity PDSA to recognise a decade of life-saving service.

Firefighters have been working throughout the afternoon to put out an industrial fire in Sturmer Road, New England. At its height, around 50 firefighters from Essex and Suffolk worked together to put ...

Firefighters are giving electrical safety advice after an overloaded plug socket caught a bedroom alight in Thurrock. Watch Manager Steve Barclay said: “We believe the fire was caused by an overloaded ...

Firefighters confirmed the fire had been extinguished and the scene was safe. Firefighters are tackling a large fire involving around 200 tonnes of household waste at Archers Fields in Pitsea. Around ...

Witham Fire Station has been equipped with a publicly accessible bleed control kit, giving both firefighters and members of the public the vital tools needed to provide lifesaving care in an emergency ...

Visitors to Clacton are invited to visit two special summer safety beach huts as part of a week-long campaign. To celebrate International Control Room Week, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service is ...

Firefighters rescued a woman who got stuck in mud after wading in to help her grandchildren - and have issued safety advice to walkers. On-call firefighters from Wethersfield and Thaxted were called ...

An Essex fire officer who was involved in the lifesaving response operations in Turkey earlier this year has been thanked during an event at Downing Street. Firefighters were called to reports of a ...

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) has introduced a state-of-the-art drone to their firefighting response to provide unique aerial intelligence at live incidents across Essex. Firefighters ...