On 31 March 1999, the remainder of RAF Manston closed, leaving FSCTE as the sole occupant of the previous domestic side of the base.

[3] In April 2007 the Army assumed responsibility for firefighting throughout the British armed forces, with the creation of the Defence Fire Risk Management Organisation (DFRMO) at Andover.

This started as the private collection of Flt Sgt Steve Shirley; when he was posted to Manston the RAF agreed to take it over and it opened as the Ministry of Defence Fire Museum in June 1995.

[5] The collection included vehicles, models, badges, patches, uniforms, helmets, prints, extinguishers and fire fighting equipment.

[6] From February 2022, buildings and temporary structures located on the former DFTDC Manston site were used as a processing centre for people who had reached the UK in small boats.

[7] Officially referred to by the Home Office as the Manston Asylum Processing Centre migrants were meant to be held at the facility for no more than 24 hours while undergoing security and identity checks.