Find out how The Fire Fighters Charity has supported beneficiaries 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.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Stuart Millington says raising awareness of what we do, not only for operational firefighters, but support staff too, is one of his top priorities after he experienced our support first-hand.
Dean Nelson was forced to retire from his job as a firefighter after a devastating accident left him with major injuries. Now, while he knows his condition will continue to deteriorate, he says we have helped him achieve a better way of life.
On-call firefighter Melanie Davis attended our Covid Recovery Programme last year after struggling with the long-term impacts of Covid-19. She says it provided the help she’d been craving for months.
Andrew Robinson has been supported by the Charity with his mental health recently – and he says online Living Well Groups have helped him reconnect with the community he missed so much.
Craig Sadler has supported the Charity for years and now, as his son joins the service and begins working in the same station as him, he too hopes to follow in his father’s footsteps.
