Rebecca Stevens
My Story
Having run the London Marathon for charity back in 2015, I have always said I'd like to do it again.
After recent events it really has hit home that you never know when you, or someone you know, might need the emergency services. Therefore when my cousin - a Tri Service Safety Officer in the emergency services, suggested we run for FLEET, it felt like a right time, right place moment. So here I am, far from a 'natural runner', running my second London marathon. Please help me smash my target.
FLEET provides equipment to all the services that give emergency medical support to the public. FLEET equipment is in constant use on:
- all the county’s emergency ambulances
- emergency response motorbikes and cars
- Royal Naval Search and Rescue helicopters based at RNAS Culdrose
- Cornwall County Fire Engines
- Cornish HM Coastguard teams
- Cornish RNLI Lifeboats
- Cornwall’s Air Ambulance
More recently FLEET, with the British Heart Foundation, has been instrumental in the creation and equipping of First Responders who are members of the public trained to provide critical life saving treatment including defibrillation in their local area. This has helped to cut emergency response times by 3% and ultimately save lives.