This event is about raising funds for a very worthy cause the Gloucestershire Oncology Unit at Cheltenham General Hospital.  Everyone that I know and work with has at some time been touched by the great work that the Oncology Unit do. When I started to talk to friends and colleagues about this idea for raising money by pushing a hospital bed around every fire station in our county, I was overwhelmed by the response and the number of people who contacted me to say they wanted to be involved because they had their own experience and story to tell of the fantastic support from the hospital staff. 

   As well as hopefully raising a huge amount of money, I believe this event will bring our Organisation together with people from across the county in a way that we rarely have the opportunity to do. We talk about the Fire and Rescue Service being a big family. Having one combined event that will involve all of our Fire Stations, crews, friends, loved ones coupled with the support of the community, is a great way of sharing that GFRS family spirit.  

 I am very proud to wear the uniform of GFRS and very proud of the fact that everyone has pledged to be involved in this massive task… pushing a bed over 160 miles across 6 days all around our beautiful county from fire station to fire station in aid of one of the most important departments in the Hospital. 

  Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue are committed and dedicated to protecting the people of Gloucestershire against fire but there is more than one way to save a live, which is why we are as equally as passionate in fighting cancer    

Rob Bunting – Station Manager