Crews responded to a call from a lady who was stuck in a bog up to her waist on moorland in Holmfirth area whilst walking her dog. Crews successfully located the lady and led her to safety. She was left in the care of the ambulance service for a check up.
Fire engine from Holmfirth attended along with specialist resources and officers from technical rescue and water rescue stations.
Firefighters from Fairweather Green along with our Technical Rescue Unit from Cleckheaton and a specialist Technical Rescue Officer responded to the report of a jack russell dog and a fox trapped approximately 5 metres in an underground tunnel measuring approximately 30cm wide. After digging through the tunnel firefighters were able to safely release both animals.
Reports of a person stuck 35 feet down a banking. On arrival, crews found the casualty had managed to make their way towards the nearby track whereby attending crews could get them onto a stretcher in order to get them to safety, and into the awaiting ambulance.
One male patient complaining of chest pains whilst operating a crane at a height of approx. 38m. The casualty was rescued from the crane using an Aerial Ladder Platform from Wakefield and assisted by Technical Rescue crews and was transported to hospital by ambulance.
Road traffic collision involving 1 large vehicle and 1 car. 1 casualty trapped, extricated by fire service then handed over to the care of paramedics.
Reports of a new born calf stuck in the middle of a pond. Technical rescue crews used specialist animal rescue techniques and equipment to rescue the calf and deliver it back to its mother.
Call from owners of a terrier dog who had become stuck down a fox hole. Technical Rescue Team sent to rescue dog by digging out the hole and handed back over to the owners on scene.
We were called at 19.05 to Paddock Lane in Halifax to reports of two people trapped underground.
We currently have four crews in attendance, plus the technical rescue unit and an aerial appliance.
We are also working with our partners in West Yorkshire Police, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Water and The Environment Agency.
Further updates will follow.
Update 20:00 - both casualties have been rescued using line rescue gear and have been passed to the care of our colleagues in Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
We were called at 16.07 by West Yorkshire Police to assist with a building collapse on Kirkgate in Leeds.
We currently have several crews in attendance including;
2 crews from Leeds
1 crew from Hunslet
The technical rescue team from Cleckheaton
The aerial ladder appliance from Wakefield.
Work is ongoing at the building.
UPDATE: 19.00
All crews have left the scene, leaving this incident in the hands of our colleagues at West Yorkshire Police. No casualties were found.
Agricultural building and domestic property fire, make pumps 6, persons reported. Building was 100% involved in fire, with crews using 3 large jets and a ground monitor to get the fire under control. 1 casualty self rescued from the property suffering with burns, and was taken to hospital via ambulance.
