West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) is launching a campaign against attacks on firefighters after seeing a spike in violent incidents towards crews in the last year.
The campaign, called More than a Uniform, is delivering a zero-tolerance message in the run up to the bonfire period – which is historically a peak time of year when attacks occur.
WYFRS said that in the last financial year there were 95 attacks on operational crews – up from 65 the year before, representing a 50 per cent increase.
In total 33 of the attacks happened in the month of November 2016 and 20 were on Bonfire Night itself.
The latest attack was on Sunday evening, 22 October, when crews were attending a fire in Bradford and fireworks were thrown at them.
An 18-year-old male was arrested.
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