Wellesbourne Fire Station respond to car crash near Stratford (Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service)

[Pre-Covid incident] Fire crews from Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service respond to a car crash emergency near Stratford upon Avon, alongside our colleagues from Warwickshire Police, and West Midlands Ambulance Service. 1 casualty was extricated, and left in the care of the Ambulance Service.

[@okay3256]

Please do more of these, me wanting to be a firefighter myself just makes these videos even more amazing!

[@wellesbournefirestation4420]

Hi JamieEmergency999, thanks for your positivity! The aim is to get back into more regular posts, so fingers crossed. It's great you want to be a firefighter, best of luck!

[@juliecasey5196]

Great clip. It’s great to hear someone explaining the steps of the rescue. A job well done.

[@wellesbournefirestation4420]

Hi Julie Casey, glad you enjoyed the video. Every rescue is different, with their own challenges, but there is a basic framework for approaching all of them. We've done a drill video talking through the '6 phases of a road traffic collision' if you'd like to see it talked through in a bit more detail: th-cam.com/video/j994wgedfGc/w-d-xo.html

[@That1Eagle]

​@@wellesbournefirestation4420Did HART arrive or no? Cuz that looks like a scene where an Incident Response HART Van would be needed.

[@SgFireAlarms]

Love how the scene command at the end just goes "Go get yourselfs a cuppa tea"

[@joshtaylor2594]

You do an excellent job all of you are appreciated 👏 👍

[@TwitchHaydnLmao]

I love watching the fireman's do there work i always wanted to be a firefighter :)

[@Mk1Male]

A single retaining sling on the car was a risk. If the car has suddenly slewed from the front or back there could have been a lot more casualties.

[@jackhopkins9618]

fantastic videos

[@wellesbournefirestation4420]

Hi Jack Hopkins, thanks for your comment. Appreciated😊👍

[@janeleonard4764]

Whats that ram tipe thing on the frunt

[@Charlzey1998]

Is it only the full time crews that wear the orange tunics?

[@wellesbournefirestation4420]

Hi Charlzey1998, great question! Both On Call and Wholetime firefighters have the same fire kit (the straw-coloured tunics are thicker to protect from fire, the orange ones are lighter-weight so you don't get so hot running around). It's just fluke (or possibly heard mentality!) that 35 chose to all wear orange, and 40 turned out in the straw-coloured tunics.

[@firekev4525]

Been a firefighter for 37yrs ..Great communication between oic and crew members....respectful conversation between whole time and retained...

[@Zombiechef91]

I think he likes it

[@sebby324]

He liked the challenge

[@VfRuckus]

Do the medics wear helmets in the Ambulance too?

[@wellesbournefirestation4420]

Hi VfRuckus, our colleagues in the Ambulance Service wear helmets when exposed to higher risk incidents, such as caring for a casualty whilst a car is being cut up around them. I don't believe they wear helmets all the time (not that I've seen anyway), and probably don't wear them in the Ambulance ( we don't wear our fire helmets in the appliances!). Hope that answers your question.

[@That1Eagle]

HART Should have arrived on scene there.

[@Stumack1427]

Why would they? it was not a major incident, it was not a complex rescue as trumpton secured the vehicle and it was not hazardous. Normal ambulance crews have the capability to perform extrications along with the Fire Service.