Large Animal Rescue

San Jose Firefighters Rescue Injured Horse From Trailer Accident On Highway 85

Large animal rescues are another call that could happen almost anywhere.  Large animals are transported on the highways and back roads increasing the chance that your department may respond to one. After Rescue Co. #1 (Lexington, KY) posted pictures of their tech rescue training of large animals, I did some searching around the old inter-web.  First off, if you haven’t read the post on their Facebook page about their Large Animal Rescue training you can find it below:

Secondly, you should be following the Rescue Co. #1 page because they post a bunch of great content on training that can aid any department.

The Medicine Hat Firefighter, from Alberta, Canada posted about a unique large animal rescue than had. A horse in a trailer fell through the floor, with its rear legs becoming trapped between the pavement and the trailer.

Firefighters were called this morning to a Clydesdale horse that had fallen through the floor of it’s trailer while being transported. Firefighters used lifting bags, cribbing, and shoring equipment to lift and stabilize the trailer to allow the horse to stand up on its own, and give room for all four horses to exit the trailer.

For additional information, you can watch firefighters speak about horse rescue.