Kent Fire and Rescue Service

Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
CountryEngland
CountyKent
Agency overview
Employees2,000
Facilities and equipment
Stations57
Engines75
Website
www.kent.fire-uk.org

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 57 fire stations, and four district fire safety offices. The FRS provides emergency cover to a population of 1.88 million.

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.