999 Emergency Services Day

999 Emergency Services Day was celebrated in Bristol with a flag-raising ceremony in which the Lord-Lieutenant Mrs Peaches Golding OBE CStJ, High Sheriff Mrs Susan Davies MBE and Lord Mayor Cllr Steve Smith recognised the Day.  Nationally, some two million people work and volunteer in the emergency services including approximately 250,000 first responders. The ceremony recognised the tremendous work of the Police, Fire and Ambulance Services as well as the volunteers supporting the Air Ambulance, Freewheelers and St John Ambulance, to name but a few.  Faith leaders from across the City also joined in the ceremony, with prayers being read by Canon Nicola Stanley of Bristol Cathedral.  ‘We owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the emergency services for always being there for us in our times of greatest need,’  said Peaches Golding.