Find out how Fire Fighters Charity has supported service users across the UK and how you can share your story with the fire community. Click categories or regions below to filter the list of stories.
Nina Hudson and her former firefighter husband Peter's retirement plans were thrown up in the air when she suffered a devastating accident. Here she reveals how the charity has supported her since… For retired firefighter Nigel Brown, the fire service has become ingrained in his family history. Now he reveals why he is gifting part of his father’s estate to the charity, as a thank you for the years of support they’ve received. When Derbyshire firefighter Chris Cotton suffered a sports injury, he says the charity provided him with the support he desperately needed to get his life back on track. Then, years later, we were able to help his wife too. Louise Moody had no idea she could access the charity's support. But as the partner to a serving firefighter, when she reached out for mental health support, we were only too happy to help. Only a few hours into a holiday in Magaluf in the summer of 2016, the course of James Thorpe’s life was altered in just a few seconds when he ran into the sea, fell, and broke his neck. Here, the former London Firefighter, who transferred to Norfolk a year before his accident, shares his story. As a word of warning, some readers may find the following distressing.
Nina: “Going to the centre was a turning point – I can finally look to the future now”
Nigel: “The charity helped our family, we wanted to give something back”
Chris: “To be able to have that support on hand is just invaluable”
Louise: “The charity’s support branches out to the whole fire network”
James: “You don’t think you’ll ever need help. I certainly never thought I would.”
