THE Chief Fire Officer is grateful for the support of the farming community in Herefordshire and Worcestershire over the last five years.

The Fire and Rescue service has attended an average of 8,000 emergency incidents each year across the two counties and are continually grateful for the outstanding assistance provided by the local farming community, whose quick thinking, specialist skills, and heavy equipment on site often makes all the difference in rural emergencies.

The service acknowledges that farmers and agricultural workers regularly go above and beyond to help fire crews.

Chief Fire Officer Jon Pryce said: “Knowing that the farming community, is willing to come to our assistance when they are needed, is something we don’t take for granted.”