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Fire service rescuing more obese people across UK
Fire service rescuing more obese people across UK
Image caption The South Wales Fire Service regularly trains with the ambulance service to extract a 30-stone mannequin from difficult locationsThe number of obese people being rescued by the fire service because they are too large to move on their own has gone up by more than a third over the past three years.Figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live show there were more than 900 incidents in the UK in the past year.Rescuers said they often used lifting equipment, special slings and sometimes removed windows, walls and banisters.
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Rise in number of obese people who need specialist rescues by firefighters
Rise in number of obese people who need specialist rescues by firefighters
The number of obese people rescued by firefighters because they are too large to move themselves has risen by over a third in three years.In some cases fire brigades were forced to remove windows, walls and banisters as they rescued more than 900 overweight people in the last year – an average of more than two a day across Britain.The reports included firefighters helping the ambulance service to move an "extremely large" patient who had been stuck on the sofa for days and carrying a 40-stone man from the upstairs of a pub.
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Sharp rise in the number of obese people needing rescue by firefighters
Sharp rise in the number of obese people needing rescue by firefighters
The number of obese people being rescued by firefighters has increased by more than a third in the past three years.Rescuers often have to use lifting equipment and special slings because people are too large to move independently, while windows, walls and interior fittings sometimes have to be removed to create enough space for obese people to be extracted.In the past year, there were 944 rescues involving obese patients, compared to 709 in the period from 2012 to 2013, according to figures obtained by the BBC.
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Firefighters rescuing more obese people
Firefighters rescuing more obese people
Firefighters rescuing more obese peopleTam Fry, spokesman for the National Obesity Forum, said the problem is worsening because obese people are getting larger19 September 2016 8:47AMThe number of obese people being removed from buildings by firefighters because they are too large to move independently has risen by more than a third in three years, according to new figures.Lifting equipment and special slings are often used, while windows, walls and interior fittings have to be removed to facilitate extraction on occasion because individuals are so large.Figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 Live show how in the past year there were more than 900 incidents in the UK where rescuers have been called in to relocate people who are severely obese.
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