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Operational area | |
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Country | England |
County | Kent |
Agency overview | |
Employees | 2,000 |
Facilities and equipment | |
Stations | 55 |
Engines | 66 |
Platforms | 3 |
Squads | 10 |
HAZMAT | 1 |
USAR | 5 |
Wildland | 8 |
Rescue boats | 4 |
Website | |
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Kent Fire and Rescue Service is the statutory fire and rescue service for the administrative county of Kent and the unitary authority area of Medway, covering a geographical area south-east of London, to the coast and including major shipping routes via the Thames and Medway rivers. The total coastline covered is 225 km (140 miles); it has 55 fire stations, and four district fire safety offices. The FRS provides emergency cover to a population of nearly 2 million.[1]
The county’s Fire and Rescue Service borders the London Fire Brigade to the north-west of the county, Surrey to the west, East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north, but is only connected via the bridge and tunnels of the Dartford Crossing.