Shock figures are more than four times those of a decade agoFIREMAN CRAM Firefighters being called out to move more than 40 obese people a WEEKFIREFIGHTERS are called out to move more than 40 obese people each week, figures show. 2 Firefighters are called to move more than 40 obese people on a weekly basis Credit: GettyCrews were required to help move overweight people in their homes so often that training now involves 250kg dummies and specialist lifting equipment. Figures show fire crews were called 2,280 times in England to help with bariatric rescues — a rise of five per cent on 2023. Last year, 289 overweight people were each helped for more than two hours, with 53 rescues taking four hours or more. The number of rescues of obese people last year was higher than the callouts to save pets from heights and calls for children trapped in lifts.

Source: The Times August 16, 2025 05:48 UTC