Firefighters return from Ukraine, delivering life-saving equipment

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April 23, 2025
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Firefighters return from Ukraine, delivering life-saving equipment

Seven London firefighters have returned home after they delivered “vital life-saving firefighting equipment,” to Ukraine. The donation from the London Fire Brigade (LFB) included 140 folding roof ladders, pallets of goggles, overalls, and supplementary kit for breathing apparatus. A pair of decommissioned Detection, Identification and Monitoring (D.I.M.) vans were also among the donations.

The firefighters joined over 100 volunteers from fire and rescue services in the UK, travelling to the border between Poland and Ukraine. In the weeks building up to the convoy setting off, the LFB’s International Search and Rescue (ISAR), Operations Support Centre and Technical Support Services teams came together in co-ordinating supplies, loading three lorries worth of equipment in support of the operation.

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This was the eighth convoy since the Russian invasion four years ago and is the largest organised by the UK’s fire and rescue services. 15,000 pieces of life-saving firefighting equipment has been delivered to firefighters in Ukraine as part of the latest convoy. Brigade staff “worked tirelessly behind-the-scenes to ensure the convoy was fully supplied for the journey.”

“The Brigade is proud to support this crucial initiative,” Assistant Commissioner Operational Resilience and Control Patrick Goulbourne said. “It helps ensure that our Ukrainian colleagues are equipped and ready to respond safely in an emergency. By working with our partners across the UK, we’re not only providing vital tools, but also sending a clear message of solidarity with the people and State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

“I’m also grateful that this equipment which has helped keep Londoners, and people across the UK safe, will now see a second life in service of the Ukrainian people.”

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