Tag Archives: Hailsham

Fire Brigade help WRAS rescue gull on roof

East Sussex WRAS • April 15, 2008

East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service helped rescuers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) to free a gull trapped and injured on a roof of a residental home in Hailsham this morning.

Grange Mead contacted WRAS at 7.30am this morning after noticing a gull caught in netting by their chimney. WRAS rescuer Tony Neads was on site within 30 minutes and decided WRAS’s ladders were not good enough, so assistance from the Fire Brigade was necessary. » Read more

A busy start to the year for volunteers

East Sussex WRAS • February 11, 2008

Volunteer rescuers from East Sussex Wildlife Rescue and Ambulance Service (WRAS) have had an extremely busy start to 2008 and over the weekend over 70 phone calls were received reporting casualties.

"Normally at this time of year our average is more like 5-10 calls a day, this is over 3 times that number." said Trevor Weeks founder of East Sussex WRAS. » Read more