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HART PLAYS VITAL ROLE AT WEST MIDLANDS FLAT FIRE

29.11.2009

A woman has been led to safety from a flat fire by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service, supported by West Midlands Ambulance Service’s Hazardous Area Response Team (HART).

HART, which consists of a team of specially trained paramedics with additional skills to deal with patients in hard to reach situations, was among the resources called to a tower block in Duddeston Manor Road, Birmingham, shortly after 3.20pm today.

A rapid response vehicle, incident support officer, 4x4 ambulance and two ambulance crews also attended.

A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “The bedroom of a flat was gutted by fire. The occupants of that flat, a mother and her two children, had managed to get out. The mother had breathed in smoke, but refused hospital treatment.

“A woman in a neighbouring flat was led to safety by the Hazardous Area Response Team. She too had inhaled smoke and was taken to City Hospital for further assessment and treatment.”

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