Thu 24th Nov 2022, 07:00 - 23:30
Emergency Services Day
Emergency Services Day (9th September) is a national day across the UK,
and is your opportunity to show your support for our selfless NHS and
emergency services heroes.
Emergency Services Day is also known as 999 Day.
Key Statistics:
- Approximately 2 MILLION people work and volunteer across the
NHS and emergency services today, many of whom are volunteers,
without whom the emergency services could not operate effectively.
- Over 7,500 members of the UK emergency services have been
killed in the line of duty in the last 200 years.
- Six main branches of the emergency services (Police, Fire and
Rescue, Ambulance, NHS, maritime (Coastguard and Lifeboats) and
Search and Rescue (Mountain, Lowland, Mine and Cave).
- One national day (9th September) to celebrate our NHS and 999
heroes.
TWO MINUTES’ SILENCE TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN:
At 9am on 9th September there will be 2-minutes’ silence to remember all
who have been killed as a result of their service to our nation. People are
encouraged to participate and not tweet etc for those two minutes. If you
are holding an event then this can be followed either by the National
Anthem, the ringing of a bell or the Last Post.
