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Certainly an unusual combination. It seems that in most countries animal rescues are carried out either by minor alarm units or just by adapting equipment carried on standard rescue pumpers and / or regular rescue squad trucks.

Added by Rob Johnson on 30 January 2026.

Not necessarily a universal statistic, but one large German city fire service which reports its annual run data in great detail shows that animal rescues represent only around three percent of all turnouts. If this holds as a general truth, it does seem that a dedicated animal rescues rig like this is an idea which must be very uncommon indeed.

Added by Rob Johnson on 31 January 2026.

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