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Collaboration, Fire Support, General ABW Work, Ukraine
May 17, 2025

Somehow, Friday morning rolled around, and it had been a week since we’d left England. The air raid sirens had silenced, at least for now, and it was time to deliver our final fire appliance. For full transparency, we’d arrived at the firehouse the night before, but in the interest of keeping things in chronological order,...

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ABW Special Volunteers, Collaboration, Fire Support, Food Delivery, General ABW Work, Ukraine
May 4, 2025

It’s almost unfathomable to begin writing this. Just 14 days ago, two firefighting appliances that had left Norwich some 30 hours earlier, carrying a team of four dedicated current and former firefighters, and a retired NHS CEO as well as Diss & District Rotarian,  arrived in Medyka, Poland. They had crossed Europe through days, nights,...

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ABW Special Volunteers, General ABW Work, Ukraine
August 13, 2024

It’s been an exhilarating summer of sport in Paris, with Ukraine claiming 12 medals and the anticipation building for the upcoming Paralympics. While our gold medals didn’t come from the City of Lights, they did come from a world champion. Curious? Read on to discover the incredible story behind this triumph!Earlier this year, a team...

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Food Delivery, Medical Support, Social / Mental Health Support, Ukraine
July 17, 2024

It was 10:30 AM when the sleeper train from Przemyśl, Poland, pulled into Podilsk station in Odesa Oblast. After a 14-hour journey across Ukraine in a cabin that felt like the inside of a volcano, we finally arrived. The temperature was a blistering 92°F (33°C) as we stepped off the train into clear blue skies...

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