Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, will lay a wreath at the National Firefighters’ Memorial at St Pauls, London, in lieu of any larger ceremony during the pandemic. Josh Gardner of Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service, who died on duty on 17 September 2019, whilst undertaking water rescue training.Stevie Kerridge, an Aberdeenshire firefighter for 20 years, who died after experiencing a medical emergency while attending an incident on 13 April 2020.Simon Kaye, who died suddenly on 13 April 2020, after taking ill during a routine day shift at Christchurch Fire Station, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service.They will pay tribute to the nine firefighters in the United States and the four firefighters in Italy who have lost their lives during the coronavirus pandemic.Īt the forefront of their minds will be those colleagues lost in the line of duty last year: COVID-19 crisis means public cannot stand alongside firefighters this yearįire stations across the UK and internationally will fall silent at 12:00 midday today (Monday 4 May), Firefighters’ Memorial Day, organised jointly by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and the Firefighters Memorial Trust (FMT).įirefighters and control staff will stand outside their workplaces and sound their sirens as they hold a minute’s silence for the more than 2,300 UK firefighters who have died in the line of duty.
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