Almost 3,000 medication deliveries have been made by Northamptonshire firefighters to ‘at risk’ individuals.
Throughout the pandemic, firefighters worked until the end of July to help those who are shielding and at particular risk from Covid-19 by volunteering to aid in pharmacy deliveries to people’s homes.
In total, firefighters from 11 of NFRS’s on-call fire stations assisted in the deliveries. Support has also been provided by whole-time crews and members of NFRS’s Home Safety Team.
Lisa Bryan, Prevention, Safeguarding & Partnerships Manager at NFRS, said: “We were asked to help support with pharmacy deliveries quite soon after lockdown began and I’m so proud of those who have taken part in this work.
“We know the arrival of this pandemic left so many people particularly vulnerable to the worst effects of Covid-19, so having access to medication deliveries at home went some way to minimising their daily risk levels.”
