Nine firefighters needed to save obese person as callout rate hits every 3 hours
- Posted on February 3, 2026
- By The Daily Star
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Nine firefighters needed to save obese person as callout rate hits every 3 hours
A total over 15,000 "bariatric" incidents were responded to by firefighters in the past decade — up by five times compared to figures from the last decade as brigades reveal just how hard these callouts are
