Overview
- West Midlands Ambulance Service, which announced the moves on Wednesday, has mobilized extra frontline ambulance crews, more 999 call assessors, additional operational officers and increased fleet support for the coming days.
- The Met Office is forecasting a prolonged spell of hot weather, with temperatures expected to peak around 31C in Worcester on Saturday, raising the risk of heat-related illness and dehydration.
- WMAS says it expects call volumes to rise both from heat‑related medical problems and from celebrations or incidents connected to England’s World Cup quarter-final with Norway.
- Chief Operating Officer Nathan Hudson advised people to drink plenty of water, protect themselves from the sun, check on elderly or vulnerable neighbours, plan journeys home and reserve 999 for genuine life‑threatening emergencies.
- Pubs are preparing for large crowds and police plan extra patrols, and WMAS says the extra resources aim to protect response capacity so seriously ill patients get priority care.