An East Sussex lecturer and her husband have donated £50 to firefighters’ campaign over pensions and retirement age after a local crew helped deal with an incident in their home.
Dr Paula James and her husband phoned 999 after smoke from their wood-burning stove set off a fire alarm.
“A crew from the Uckfield station arrived very quickly,” James wrote in her letter to the Fire Brigades Union. “Your firefighters were calm and careful and very professional.”
“They thoroughly checked out the possible causes of the problem and then inspected the rest of the house — advising on potential dangers and suggesting solutions and so forth.
“Please convey our grateful thanks to to the Uckfield station crew.”
As well as expressing her thanks, Dr James enclosed a cheque for £50 for the FBU’s strike fund.
“We very much hope you win your dispute.”
University lecturers are currently in dispute over pay and conditions, with representatives from the unions in dispute - UCU, UNISON, Unite and the EIS - set to meet representatives of the employers on Wednesday (20 November).
