Many roads across Swale, are regularly turned into: no-go zones, for fire engines, and other emergency vehicles, because cars are double-parked, positioned at junctions, or too far from the kerb.
Poor parking by the public, restricts access to emergencies, for fire engines, because they are wide vehicles, and need a lot of room, to reach an incident quickly. Selfish and Inconsiderate parking, is particularly bad around local schools, during drop off, and pick up times. In other parts of Swale, motorists who ignore these warnings, were fined.
Fire crews will continue to work alongside their Community Safety partners, including Swale Borough Council, Parking Enforcement Officers, to monitor this, and other problem areas across Swale. The Council will target those who continue to ignore this life saving message, which could involve fines for the perpetrators, and removal of any cars causing an obstruction.
Kent Fire and Rescue Service, Kent Police, and Swale Borough Council
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