Merseyside’s firefighters were called out 98 times to rescue obese patients over the last ten years, exclusive figures reveal.
According to Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, 32 extremely overweight people were saved last year - a 640% increase in two years. A Freedom of Information request into MF&RS revealed crews were called out to deal with cases every fortnight since 2021.
More than half of calls in the past decade have been made since the first lockdown in March 2020. Between 2013/14 firefighters were called out once.
