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Activities
Cover Story - The Master presents cheque to HR The Princess Royal
Geoff Morgan, The Master and a number of other members represented the Com- pany of Firefighters at a Royal Reception on board “HMS Belfast” to celebrate the granting of a Royal Charter to the Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust.
The Trust was founded 20 years ago by its Chairman, Gerry Clarkson, Founder Mas- ter of the WCoFF and Colin Livett, Past Master of the WCoFF, is the Deputy Chair- man. There is a close association between the Company of Firefighters and the Me- morial Trust as a further 7 members of the Company are also Trustees and many liverymen and freemen have become individual members of the Trust. A number were introduced to HRH The Princess Royal during the Reception.
Pictured is The Master presenting a cheque on behalf of the Company to HRH The Princess Royal who is the Patron of the Firefighters Memorial Trust. The donation was from the proceeds of the 2009 Fire Industry Charity Ball organised by Assistant, Bryan Spearman, Past Master, Viv Jones and the Ball Working Group.
Interschutz 2010
Upper Warden Peter Cowland, acted on behalf of the Fire Industries Association (FIA) in the support of a number of UK exhibitors attending Interschutz 2010 in Leipzig this year. Interschutz has become the world’s largest international fire trade show and is held only every five years. The 2010 show was the largest yet, with over 1350 exhibi- tors on site, making it the world’s fire brigade capital for the week.
New innovations were on show to demonstrate the future “intervention” capabilities of fire brigades, as well as examples of equipment designed to increase the safety of fire- fighters and their communities.
The picture on the left shows Upper Warden Peter Cowland meeting Martin Jones of Vimpex who helped sponsor the Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service “Extraction Com- petition Team” who are currently the European and North American Champions.
Dates for your diary
2nd September—Combined Golf Day
12th September - Firefighters Memorial Service , St. Bartholomew the Great
25th September—WCoFF Fire Industry Charity Ball 6th October—St. Florian’s Installation Banquet 13th November—Lord Mayor’s Show.
23rd November—WCoFF Liverymen Dinner.
10th December—Carol Service at St. Mary Le Bow.
Firex South
Brian Eves represented the WCoFF at the recent Firex South exhibition in March where he manned a stand promoting the activities and values of the Com- pany.
Thanks to the organisers UBM, a sum of £370 was also raised for the Charita- ble Trust at a Quiz night.