Firefighters help ambulance crews get into properties in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth
Fire crews were called to help ambulance staff get into two homes where people needed medical assistance.
West Midlands Ambulance Service says the two incidents in Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth in the early hours of Thursday were not linked.
An ambulance service spokesperson said: "They were both medical cases inside residential properties where the attending ambulance crews were unable to access the property, so required fire assistance.
"The patient on each case was discharged on scene."
In the first incident in New Park Road, Shrewsbury, a fire engine was mobilised from the nearby fire station at 4.29am.
With an ambulance in attendance, the crew used small gear and the crew's stop message was sent at 4.44am.
At about the same time a fire crew from Bridgnorth was sent to Ash Road in the town, at 4.36am as they responded to "a request from the police to assist with gaining entry to a property".
The crew used equipment described as "small gear" and their stop message was sent at 5am.
A land ambulance was also at that scene.