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Firefighters honoured by Prime Minister as unsung heroes |
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Four firefighters were personally congratulated by the Prime Minister at Number 10 on December 13 after being crowned National Life Savers in the annual Vodafone Life Savers Awards. The awards were launched in April to honour the unsung heroes – both in the emergency services as well as ordinary members of the public – behind Britain’s most remarkable lifesaving rescues. They were welcomed by the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to a special reception at 10 Downing Street where they were presented with their awards. The awards highlight how mobile phones have revolutionised the vital link between the public and the emergency services when minutes matter – now becoming an essential part of anyone’s first aid kit.
Their individual three entries – which fought off competition from hundreds of other inspiring stories of bravery – were selected by a high-profile judging panel, which included Gulf War veteran John Nichol, TV personality Nell McAndrew, and actor Martin Kemp plus Vodafone UK’s CEO Nick Read and awards charity partner the Royal Humane Society. Nick Read, Vodafone UK Chief Executive Officer, said: “The entries this year were truly inspiring and selecting just 10 National Life Savers from so many deserving stories was an extremely tough task. However, these three firefighter stories shone out as particularly inspiring examples of the brave actions carried out by so many men and women in our emergency services, whose everyday work and dedication we all too often take for granted. “Without the brave efforts of David Jenkins, Paul Myers, Steve Binns and Michael Coleman the outcomes would most certainly have been ones of tragedy and Vodafone is delighted to have the opportunity of honouring them in these national awards.
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