How can we thank the Fire Service?

Or simple "thank yous" from the ordinary public?

The same as we often do if grateful for the support of medical teams?

I just dropped a card and box of biscuits off to our local fire station many years ago.

A tray of clementines maybe?

I think that just our thanks would be enough and to support them in any way we can. They do their job like any of us and I just hope they know how sincerely we are grateful to them.

Thankyou for your lovely post Chestnut, one of my sons is a Fireman and also this situation.
They do an amazeing Job, some incidents they have to deal with are just awful as its not only putting out fires.

Our firefighters have been working tirelessly this summer to keep us safe so deserve our thanks as do other emergency services who put their lives on the line.

Our fire people are amazing. They are extremely well trained and have really stepped up to the mark and everything they’ve done recently is to be applauded.

However, in the nicest way, I feel that they are doing their job, the one they chose and the one that they are paid to do.

Just like many of our public services.

I supported them when they striked, as I think they raised excellent points.

Dropping something in to a local station would be much appreciated and a nice big public thank-you from those in charge would be brilliant.

I agree Cossy.
I always feel for them attending fatal road accidents as well as other duties, a lot of their shifts are many nasty jobs other than fires.

Fire fighters did a great job but so did many volunteers who turned out to help in an emergency.

A shout out from me for the many retained firemen who have been doing a tremendous job too. Our local fire station has been posting updates on the wildfires they have been supporting - it’s easy to forget that many firemen have other, full time jobs and volunteer for the fire service. Their employers have been great, but it’s a massive extra commitment for them, working very long hours, out of the local area. I’d also like to think the army, the Gurkhas have a big base near me, and watching them hand digging trenches for fire breaks on boiling hot days really makes you appreciate their contribution. Well done everybody.

A pay rise or bonus would be the obvious thing.
Just think of the boss of Thames Water receiving a cleverly previously negotiated bonus of £1 million, basically for doing his job, not solving its ever increasing problems.

Chestnut

I feel the country should find a way to honour and thank all the fire fighters who have tirelessly fought so many huge fires over the summer.

Their efforts reduced me to tears on several occasions during the heatwave. We had fires everywhere, mountains, woods, fields, houses, they were out there, day after day, dressed in heavy clothing and surrounded by raging flames on days of 30 degrees plus.

They really have gone above and beyond, so what can we do, how can we show them how much we appreciate their dedication? Maybe some kind of award or medal? 🥇

Absolutely need thanking 👏👏👏👏👏

Donations to the benevolent fund.

Like all the emergency services, the firefighters have gone above and beyond in trying to keep wildfires contained in such tinder dry conditions.
This may well be the pattern of summers in the years to come so I would like to see a ban on portable barbeques and if some people decide to construct their own, then very heavy fines, even imprisonment if people and/or property has been destroyed. Too often people think they have been extinguished only for them to flare up again later.

we make food for the one next to us