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The first fire brigade appeared in Kent in 1802, when the Kent Fire Office formed an insurance brigade in Deptford (which was at the time part of Kent). In the same year, and completely separately from insurance companies, Hythe became the first town in Kent to set up its own fire brigade, followed by Ashford in 1826.
Kent Fire Brigade: R: 29 November 1957: See listing under Albert Farrow [42] [43] Colin Hill: 39: City of Sheffield Fire Brigade: 5 June 1950: Hill was in the process of rescuing a cat from a tree in Sheffield when it moved higher up the branches. Hill left his 35-foot (11 m) ladder and stood on a branch further up to effect a rescue.
The Auxiliary Fire Service took the station over in 1939, and at the outbreak of the Second World War, the Royal Marines based in the village manned the two fire engines that were stationed there. In 1945, it reverted to the National Fire Service, and in 1948, with the disbandment of the NFS, Kent Fire Brigade took over. A new station was built ...
Kent Fire and Rescue Service said it has been called to 28 kitchen fires linked to pets in the last three years. Mush the cat was found unconscious but revived by firefighters [Kent Fire and ...
New Kent Fire Chief James Samels talks about his new job while giving a tour of Station 1 in Kent on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Samels is standing in front of the department's newest truck, Rescue 1.
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The Channel Tunnel is a 50.45 km (31.35 mi) long undersea railway tunnel linking Folkestone in the United Kingdom with Coquelles near Calais in northern France. [1] [2] A 4.8 m (16 ft) diameter service tunnel is positioned between two 7.6 m (25 ft) diameter running tunnels each with standard gauge rail track with an overhead line energised at 25 kV 50 Hz.
The Kent Fire Department was alerted to the fire at 8:45 a.m. at the unoccupied building. Kent firefighters had to enter the complex through a connected building, shortly before an explosion blew ...