Firefighters dash to dramatic Sunday morning animal rescue
On Sunday morning a crew from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service were deployed to an animal rescue with a difference. The firefighters from Newcastle Central Community Fire Station were sent to Castle Leazes Student Accommodation as a student…
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…
‘It was like the Jungle Book!’: 10ft python rescued from tree – in Cambridgeshire
The RSPCA and firefighters were called to rescue a 10ft-long python from a tree in Cambridgeshire on Friday, 27 August. A motorcyclist was driving down a quiet country lane in Conington when he saw the large reptile slithering across the…
Meet the crew specially trained to rescue animals across Kent
To many, animals are like members of the family, or crucial livelihood for farmers, which is why animal rescue emergencies are as important as any other for Kent Fire and Rescue Service (KFRS). Its dedicated animal rescue unit (ARU), based…
London’s firefighters attended two animal rescues a day in 2020
Firefighters rescued two animals a day during 2020 – a big increase on the previous three years, according to new figures from London Fire Brigade. London’s firefighters attended a total of 755 animal rescues last year – the equivalent of…
Firefighters help save horse stranded during Storm Dennis

Firefighters helped save the life of a horse who had fallen and become stranded during Storm Dennis. Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews from Dalkeith and Sighthill responded to the incident within a field near Gorebridge, Midlothian. The horse, named…

Pony rescued from muddy bog

‘We have no idea how long the pony was stuck neck-high in the muddy water’ RSPCA officers and fire crews launched a rescue mission to save a pony stuck neck-high in muddy flood water in Northamptonshire.  The young piebald cob…

Frosty the pony rescued just days before Christmas after falling down bank

Yearling hauled up bank and brought back from ‘brink of death’ by rescuers A team of animal heroes worked together to haul an exhausted, young pony who had fallen down a bank back to safety and bring him back to…

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…