32395

Persons Trapped In Machine

Leebotwood

Church Stretton

Station ground: Church Stretton

Sunday, 3 May, 2015 19:07

At 19:07 on Sunday, 3 May, 2015, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting an incident classified as Persons Trapped In Machine in Church Stretton.

3 fire appliances including the Rescue Tender were mobilised from Church Stretton and Wellington. An Operations officer was in attendance.

Attending crews used the following equipment:

• Air bags

Also at the scene of the incident were: the Land Ambulance Service .

A 77 year old male who had become trapped below the knee by a tractor, has been released and is now in the care of Ambulance Personnel. Fire crews assisted in the rescue by using airbags to take the weight of the tractor.

The stop message was received at Sun, 05/03/2015 - 19:46

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