Photo Gallery for Wimbledon Fire Station.   Brigade Incidents (as attended by Wimbledon personnel).   On a recent call to 'Horse in pit', Wimbledon's FRU crew with Wembleys crew   winched a horse out of a small pit which the animal had fallen into, apparently backwards?      First things first, harness to keep the head above the mud.      Anyone seen a horse?      Trying to get the hosre slings round, not easy!      Equipment used, the 'Tirfor' and shackle and a broken JCB, plus people power!      Once the horse slings were rounds it's feet it was sedated and lifted carefully form the pit.      A little unceremonious but up up and away.      still sedated but free.      Up and about with a quick wash from the hose reel. Plus a quick check from the vet to confirm all was fine.   Write up by Wembly OiC   Horse rescued from drain   Wembley Watch Manager Rick Ogden tells the story of how crews rescued a horse stuck in a drain.   On the morning of Wednesday, 10 December Wembley's appliance was ordered to a 'horse stuck in a drain' on a farm in Clockhouse Lane, Feltham.   "As the crew checked and loaded up the large animal rescue gear, it was difficult to picture what we would be faced with.   As we made our way to the incident, I started to think about all the options available in relation to large animal rescue methods.   We were met by the owner who walked us down to where the horse was stuck - I was completely taken aback by the horse's situation, quite literally. I had to do a double take!   The horse had fallen backwards into a slurry pit approx 1.5 metres wide by four metres deep.   The farmer believed the horse had fallen into the pit in the night, so I was extremely concerned for its welfare in relation to possible hypothermia and shock.    I quickly decided that more resources were needed so I ordered one Fire Rescue Unit (Wimbledon's FRU) and an additional pump.   I also requested the attendance of the RSPCA and a vet as well as a station manager with the large animal rescue attribute.   My main task was to keep the horse calm as best we could until the resources arrived as it was extremely distressed and was thrashing about in a very confined space.   Once the vet arrived, the horse was sedated and the plan was to place the slings around the horse and using a commandeered JCB and the FRU's tirfor winch to raise the horse from the pit using a crane like effect.   That makes it sound easy! The reality was that the slings were harder to fit around the horse than expected, the JCB broke down metres from where we needed it to be and the anaesthetic was taking far longer to kick in than expected.   The poor horse was deteriorating rapidly.   However after much teamwork between the vet, the RSPCA and the FRU crew, we managed to overcome these barriers and put the plan into play.   The horse was raised from the pit and once rescued, came round from its anaesthetic. It was washed off and disinfected using our hose reels and wandered off quite happily to eat some hay. The actions of all the crews at this incident resulted in an excellent outcome in what was an extremely arduous and protracted rescue of a valued family horse".   We are always looking for new photos, so if you have a photo of an incident on Wimbledons ground,   old or new, please let us know.   Thanks