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Dramatic images show firefighters digging out a trapped that fell into tiny slurry pit A farmer in Kendal found 26-year-old horse Angel in distress and trapped in pit The horse had fallen into the small slurry pit which measured 1 metre by 1 metre Firefighters rushed to scene and used specialist equipment to lift horse … Read more
All the injured had been cleared from the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing an hour before the fire service arrived, the inquiry has heard. The fire service spent nearly two hours arguing over where to meet the other emergency services before deploying, the hearing was told. Images were shown to the inquiry of makeshift … Read more
FA will open up Wembley for London firefighters to learn how to drive ambulances in attempt to lessen the strain on the NHS amid Covid crisis with 300 extra staff set to be trained The FA will hand over Wembley Stadium to the London Ambulance Service The national stadium will be used as base to … Read more
Paragliding ‘Santa’ CRASHES into power lines on his way to deliver candy canes to children and is left dangling for an hour Man dressed in a Santa suit got his sleigh-shaped paraglider caught in power-lines in Rio Linda, California He was on his way to deliver candy canes to local community in a ‘light craft’ … Read more
REVEALED: More than half of NYC firefighters say they will NOT take a COVID vaccine when it becomes available to them A survey of 2,053 found that 55 percent said ‘no’ when asked ‘Will you get the COVID-19 Vaccine from Pfizer when the Department makes it available?’ The poll was taken by the Uniformed Firefighters … Read more
Chaos in Bradford as hundreds of firefighters tackle huge blaze at go-kart track that had been probed for ‘illegally’ storing 50,000 tyres with schools forced to close and rail services cancelled Huge fire started around 3am this morning in East Bowling area of Bradford The site of the blaze is confirmed to be a former … Read more
Firefighters had to rescue stranded motorists on Sunday after a fortnight’s worth of rain brought by Storm Aiden fell in just 24 hours. Nearly four inches of rain fell in North-West England during Sunday. The average for the whole month of November is 10 inches. In North Yorkshire, firefighters used boats to rescue nine people … Read more
More than a third of New York City firefighters and first responders with the FDNY likely caught coronavirus at the height of the pandemic’s grip on the city, a new study reveals. Scientists at New York University (NYU) assessed data on nearly every frontline worker at the Fire Department of the City of New York … Read more
Moment firefighters rescue fox from the Thames after it got stuck on hull of upturned boat London Fire Brigade and the RSPCA joined forces to save the lost creature The fox was spotted on the hull of a boat in St Saviour’s Dock on Saturday It looks as though he jumped or fell on to … Read more
Fat rat is freed from a manhole by firefighters – but not before the rotund rodent chomps one of the men saving it Volunteer fire brigade rescued rat stuck in manhole cover in Germany yesterday They arrived around 4.45pm in Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate The rat bit into one of the rescuer’s gloves when they reached … Read more