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.
Nikki Bridges works as a wholetime and on-call firefighter with Hampshire and Isle of Wight FRS. Here, she recalls attending one of our weeks dedicated to single parents at Harcombe House…
Grace Moore’s beloved dad, Andrew, died by suicide in February 2020. Here, she shares how she and her family have coped with their grief and why they’re wholeheartedly supporting our Crisis Line.
Susan Currie has visited Jubilee House twice, firstly with her firefighter husband, Hugh, and their children and again with her family while her mother-in-law received nursing support.
Gill Crow’s dad was an on-call firefighter and she went on to work in Control herself for 24 years, so always knew about our charity. However, she says she never expected the support on offer to both of them in retirement.
Piotr Gudan, an on-call firefighter with Scottish FRS, has received both physical and mental health support from us and says it’s a reassurance to have us there in the future, given the huge demands of his role.
