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Kent Washington
Personal information
Born (1956-01-10) January 10, 1956 (age 69)
New Rochelle, New York, United States
Listed height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Career information
High school New Rochelle High School
College Southampton College (1974–1978)
Drafted by Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career 1974–1995
Position Point guard
Career history
As a player:
1978–81 Start Lublin
1981–83 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
1983–8? IFK Linköping
198?–19?? Plannja Basket Luleå
19??–1995 BC Växjö
As a coach:
IFK Linköping
Luleå BBK
1997–? Iona Gaels
2000–04 Mercy College
 

Kent "Nut" Washington (born January 10, 1956)[1][2] is an American former professional basketball player. He was the first American as well as the first black professional basketball player to play behind the Iron Curtain. He played professional basketball in the Polish People's Republic from 1979–83. He was the PLK Most Valuable Player in 1980. He won the Polish Cup in 1983. In total, he played professional basketball in Europe for 14 years. He is the author of the 2021 memoir Kentomania: A Black Basketball Virtuoso in Communist Poland.

Early and personal life

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Washington was born in New Rochelle, New York, to Ralph (New Rochelle’s first black police detective) and Cloteal Washington.[1][3][4] He has an older brother, Kurt.[5][3] He attended New Rochelle Public Schools.[3] He was New Rochelle High School’s starting point guard, was All-Conference and All-County, and was MVP of the Westchester Holiday Tournament.[1] He graduated in 1973.[1][6]

He received a four-year scholarship to NCAA Division II Southampton College (now Stony Brook Southampton).[7] There, he majored in sociology and scored 1,082 points for the Colonials.[8][9][1] He was team captain in 1976 and 1977.[6] In his junior year in college Washington averaged 15 points and 8 assists per game, shooting 54% from the floor.[10] He completed his career as the school's career assists leader.[11] He was drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 10th round in 1977.[1] He was 5 feet 8 inches tall.[4]

Playing in Sweden, Washington met his future wife, Susanne.[1][12] Their daughter, Kehli, was born in Sweden, became a star softball player for New Rochelle High School, Rider University, and the Swedish national softball team, and played softball professionally in the Netherlands.[1]

Basketball career

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Poland

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In 1979, at the age of 23, Washington became the first American as well as the first black professional basketball player to play behind the Iron Curtain.[13][1][10] He played professional basketball in the Polish People's Republic from 1978–83.[3] In Poland, he played for Start Lublin from 1979–81, with the team winning bronze medals in 1979 and 1980, and for Zagłębie Sosnowiec from 1981–83.[14][15] In total, he played professional basketball in Europe for 14 years.[1]

In 1986, between seasons in Poland, Washington played for the New Jersey Jammers in the United States Basketball League, which were coached by Nate Archibald.[16]

In Poland, Washington averaged 20 points per game, and playing in the Polish Basketball League (PLK) was the PLK Most Valuable Player in 1980.[1][10] He won the Polish Cup in 1983 with Zagłębie Sosnowiec.[17][18]

His popularity was so great in PRL-era Poland during his five seasons there between 1978 and 1983 that it was dubbed "Kentomania".[19][20][13][10][21] Washington, a black man, was a novelty for Polish fans; he said: "They touched my hair and my skin out of curiosity."[22] One time a two-year-old bit Washington on his finger, thinking he was chocolate.[22] Reportedly soldiers assigned to crack down on public gatherings as part of a national martial law decree would abandon their tanks to seek his autograph.[1] Washington also appeared in the 1981 Polish comedy cult film Miś.[23]

Sweden

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Washington later played professionally for 10 years in Sweden.[24] He played for three teams in its top league—IFK Linköping, Plannja Basket Luleå, and BC Växjö, led the league in scoring in 1985–86, and averaged 23 points per game in his Swedish career.[1] At 38 years of age he retired.[1]

Coaching

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Washington coached women's basketball in Sweden for two years. In 1997, he and his wife and daughter returned to New Rochelle.[1]

Washington then coached the women's basketball teams at Iona University (beginning in 1997) and Mercy College in Westchester (2000–04), and worked as a teacher's assistant at Washington Irving School in Tarrytown, New York.[25][11][26][1][27]

Honors

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Washington was inducted into the New Rochelle Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[28] He was inducted into the Westchester Sports Hall of Fame in 2021.[29]

Memoir

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Washington is the author of the 2021 memoir Kentomania: A Black Basketball Virtuoso in Communist Poland.[30][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Haggerty, Nancy (June 12, 2020). "Breaking barriers: Washington first American to play pro basketball behind Iron Curtain". The Journal News.
  2. ^ "Historia Polskiej Ligi Koszykówki Mężczyzn". plkhistory.ugu.pl. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Kent Washington". Wilson Center.
  4. ^ a b "Kent Washington Player Profile". RealGM Basketball.
  5. ^ Daylin Salas (March 9, 2022). "Former New Rochelle High School Basketball Star Writes Book". New Rochelle High School.
  6. ^ a b Cox, Robert (October 16, 2022). "New Rochelle High School Retires Jerseys of 3 All-Time Great Basketball Players". Talk of the Sound.
  7. ^ "New Rochelle HS Retires Jerseys Of 3 Of Its All-Time Greatest Players". New Rochelle, NY Patch. October 17, 2022.
  8. ^ "9 December 1976". Southampton Press.
  9. ^ "College Wins Four". The East Hampton Star. February 24, 1977. p. 8.
  10. ^ a b c d "Cut By the NBA, He Found Fame In Communist Poland". Sports History Weekly. January 8, 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Huguenot Sports Legends Washington and Rice Join Hall of Fame"
  12. ^ "Młody Ochódzki, czyli czarodziej z Harlemu". Rzeczpospolita.
  13. ^ a b Jakub Wojczyński (May 2, 2023), "Amerykanie są jednocześnie zbawieniem i przekleństwem. Podbili świat. Nie ma innego wyjścia?", Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish)
  14. ^ Nowacki, Krzysztof (September 1, 2023). "Kiedyś czarował na boisku i grał w "Misiu". Po 40 latach Kent Washington wrócił do Lublina". Kurier Lubelski.
  15. ^ "Kent Washington". polskikosz.pl. November 10, 2009.
  16. ^ "1986 Jersey Jammers minor league basketball Roster". StatsCrew.
  17. ^ Maris Noviks (July 12, 2022). "Welcome MKS Start Lublin!". European North Basketball League.
  18. ^ Marek Kępa (June 29, 2021), I Felt Polish: A Chat with American Basketball Pro Kent Washington, culture.pl
  19. ^ Kurasiewicz, Krzysztof (November 3, 2018). "Kurczak z frytkami, mały piesek i koszykówka". PROBASKET.
  20. ^ "Start Lublin – Polonia Warszawa. Debiut Kenta Washingtona".
  21. ^ Kent Washington (2021). Kentomania: A Black Basketball Virtuoso in Communist Poland. independent. pp. 1–247. ISBN 9798786557979.
  22. ^ a b Anderson, Sheldon (March 27, 2023). "Kentomania: A Black Basketball Virtuoso in Communist Poland by Kent Washington (review)". Journal of Cold War Studies. 25 (2): 255–257 – via Project MUSE.
  23. ^ Żelazko, Basia (May 15, 2020). "Kent Washington: pamiętacie koszykarza z "Misia"?". WP Film (in Polish). Retrieved May 2, 2023.
  24. ^ Haggerty, Nancy (November 18, 2021). "Ray Rice headlines five-member class inducted into Westchester Sports Hall of Fame". The Journal News. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  25. ^ "Transactions," The New York Times.
  26. ^ "All-time Coaching Records," Mercy College Women's Basketball.
  27. ^ "New Rochelle High School retires numbers of 3 basketball legends". News 12. October 17, 2022.
  28. ^ "2002". New Rochelle Sports Hall of Fame.
  29. ^ Jeff Edwards (July 27, 2021). "2 New Rochelle Athletes Inducted To Westchester Hall Of Fame; NFL legend Ray Rice and former Iona basketball coach Kent Washington earned their places in Westchester sports history". New Rochelle, NY Patch.
  30. ^ "'Kentomania': American basketball player recounts his life in communist Poland; A book newly published in Poland recounts the story of Kent Washington, an American basketball player who lived in communist Poland from 1979 to 1983". Polskie Radio. April 9, 2023.

Bibliography

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  • Autobiography: Kent Washington (2021). Kentomania: A Black Basketball Virtuoso in Communist Poland. independent. pp. 1–247. ISBN 9798786557979.
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Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Operational area
Country England
County Kent
Agency overview
Employees 2,000
Facilities and equipment
Stations 57[1]
Engines 75[1]
Website
www.kent.fire-uk.org Edit this at Wikidata

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.[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.

Performance

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Every fire and rescue service in England and Wales is periodically subjected to a statutory inspection by His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). The inspections investigate how well the service performs in each of three areas. On a scale of outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate, Kent Fire and Rescue Service was rated as follows:

HMICFRS Inspection Kent
Area Rating 2018/19[2] Rating 2021/22[3] Description
Effectiveness Good Good How effective is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
Efficiency Good Outstanding How efficient is the fire and rescue service at keeping people safe and secure from fire and other risks?
People Good Good How well does the fire and rescue service look after its people?

History

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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.

By the 20th century, it was quite fashionable for local authorities to have their own fire brigades. Maidstone had seen the formation of its borough fire brigade in 1901, when the Royal Insurance Company provided a new Shand Mason horse-drawn steam fire engine, named The Queen. This company had taken over the Kent Fire Office in the same year, simultaneously disbanding their own brigade. Things often became very competitive between individual town and village brigades, in many instances, each one trying to outdo its neighbour. In 1910, Bromley became the first town in Kent to house motorised fire engines, with two new Merryweather vehicles being stationed there.

Until 1938, the provision of a fire brigade was a discretionary power, and naturally there were a few local authorities that regarded it as an unnecessary expense. However, due to the threat of war, Parliament enacted the Fire Brigades Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 72) and made it a duty and so created over 1,600 individual fire authorities across the nation. It was these local brigades and the Auxiliary Fire Service – also formed in 1938 – that valiantly coped with the consequences of the Battle of Britain and much of The Blitz. In August 1941, local brigades and the AFS were absorbed into one organisation called The National Fire Service. It was in 1941 that the current Headquarters house The Godlands Archived 6 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine was requisitioned for war-time use by the National Fire Service and it has remained with the fire service ever since.

World War II brought dark days indeed for Kent fire-fighters. Fire-fighting has been and will probably always be a dangerous occupation, and the Roll of Honour 1899-1990,[4] details the deaths of Kent fire-fighters while on duty. Of the 122 'Kent' names listed, 15 were pre-1939, 16 were post-1939 and 91 died during World War II. Nationally, well over 1,000 fire-fighters died during World War II, with stories of fire stations and the water supplies needed for fire-fighting being targeted by German bombers, to maximise the damage caused by incendiary bombs. The last death on duty of a Kent fire-fighter was in 1990.

The fire service was returned to local authority control on 1 April 1948 under the Fire Services Act 1947, with responsibility in England and Wales being given to the 146 counties and county boroughs of the day. The County of Kent and the City and County Borough of Canterbury combined to form Kent Fire Brigade, taking over 79 fire stations from the National Fire Service.

Subsequent local government reorganisations have had their effect upon the brigade, most significantly in 1965 when eight fire stations in the northwest of the county were transferred to the newly created Greater London area. Further reorganisation in 1974 saw Canterbury lose its county borough status and the fire brigade became the exclusive responsibility of Kent County Council. In 1998, the structure of local government changed again and Kent combined with the new Medway Towns unitary authority for fire brigade provision.

On 1 October 2003, Kent Fire Brigade was renamed Kent Fire and Rescue Service to better reflect the requirements demanded of it for many years. These changes were reflected nationally by the enactment of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 which came into effect on 1 October 2004.

In the spring of 2011, Kent Fire and Rescue underwent changes to its structure, these included restructuring from three divisions to fivearea groups: North Kent, East Kent, West Kent, South Kent and Mid Kent. Each group consists of a number of clusters, which are made up of a number of certain stations where resources are locally managed. The Letter prefix for each division was dropped in the station call sign, for instance Swanley, under the old system was named as Station S31 the S standing for South Division, now it is just Station 31.

On 1 January 2017 Kent Fire & Rescue Service ceased Watches and changed to Flexible rostering with every station. This meant all members of staff had to work a 'Contractual number of shifts over the course of each calendar year'.[5]

Fire station crewing

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Clockwise from top left: Some of the service's fire stations in Ashford, Folkestone, Canterbury and Maidstone

Kent Fire & Rescue Service's fire stations are crewed using a number of different duty systems:

  • Wholetime – fire appliances are crewed by full-time firefighters 24/7. Flexible Rostering system.
  • "On-call" – retained firefighters are summoned by electronic pager and respond from their usual jobs or from home when required. All retained (and day-crewed) firefighters must live or work within five minutes of the fire station.
  • Day-crewed – these fire appliances, and any attached special appliances are crewed as wholetime appliances during the daytime and crewed as ‘on-call’ appliances at night by the same firefighters. Any second fire engine based there will be entirely staffed as retained on-call.
  • Cross-crewing – a cost-cutting measure where multiple fire appliances are staffed by the same crew. This means when one appliance responds any others in the scheme are unavailable.

The service works in partnership with the South East Coast Ambulance Service to provide emergency medical cover to select areas of Kent. Dymchurch, Eastchurch, Eastry, Hoo and Paddock Wood have been identified as having a greater need for ambulance cover. The aim of a fire service co-responder team is to preserve life until the arrival of either a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV) or an Ambulance.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kent Fire and Rescue Service". HMICFRS. August 2024. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Kent 2018/19". Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). 20 June 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Kent 2021/22". His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS). 20 January 2023. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  4. ^ Cooper, Geoffrey. "Roll of Honour 1899-1990" (PDF). Kent Fire and Rescue Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  5. ^ End of watches in Kent (accessed 4 Dec 2023)
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