Essex emergency services celebrate 999 Day 2022
Essex County Fire and Rescue Service will be celebrating 999 Day on Wednesday, 19 October to recognise all emergency service staff and volunteers that work to keep Essex safe.
In its 5th year, the national 999 Day campaign seeks to recognise the approximately 2 million people who work and volunteer for emergency services across the UK. This year's date was moved out of respect to Her Majesty The Queen.
It also recognises and remembers more than 7,500 members of UK emergency services who have been killed in the line of duty in the last 200 years.
In Essex, Essex County Fire and Rescue Service works with Essex Police, the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EAAST), NHS Trusts in North, Mid and South Essex as well as Her Majesty’s Coastguard, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and Essex Search and Rescue to help keep people safe.
Rick Hylton, Chief Fire Officer / Chief Executive at Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said: “999 Day is a day for us to highlight the fantastic people who work and volunteer across Essex emergency services to help keep our county safe.
“Our people are the heart of our fire service, and they continue to shine and put our communities first in all they do. I'm also incredibly proud to work alongside our emergency service colleagues and it’s great to see how Essex Unites to help make our county a safe place to live, work and travel.”
Follow #999Day and #EssexUnites on social media throughout the day to learn more about the work of 999 services in Essex.