its shocking how many people ask for the costs of stuff like this thanks to FOI laws and then berate the Council/Fire Brigade for spending the cash..
what they don’t realise is the Brigade have to train anyway and rescuing animals is a good training exercise for them – with each rescue the officers learn valuable skills for human rescues.. even this meant they can train running out the hose without the time pressures of a building on fire! its a smart move what they did, using the high volume hose they fill up the drain with more water than can drain away immediately – this causes the water level (and the ducklings) to rise and they can then get back to the surface level and waddle back to the mother 😉
