HWFRS load up two huge Cape Buffalo for move to new home
On 7 April, HWFRS crews deployed to West Midlands Safari & Leisure Park (WMSP), with Large Animal Rescue (LAR) crews from Bromyard & Pershore, supported by the Ultra Heavy Rescue (UHR) crew from Droitwich. The Service had received a request…
Meet our animal rescue team and their 14-tonne vehicle
When Doris the iguana leapt onto a Northamptonshire firefighter’s helmet in a desperate bid to escape a house fire earlier this year the resulting picture went viral. Behind the headlines though was a message worth reinforcing – it’s not just…
Cat and kittens rescued from kitchen fire
Fire crews and RSPCA rescue cat and three kittens with special pet oxygen masks. West Midlands Fire Service and the RSPCA rescued a cat and three kittens from a kitchen fire. RSPCA animal collection officer Cara Gibbon was on call…