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We are, Angelo Quintano, Graham Smith, Jon Proud, Ian Stewart, John White, Natalie Mortimer, Neil Anderson & Andy Clark a team of 8 firefighters from Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue planning to raise awareness for the firefighters charity after seeing the amazing work they do supporting all the firefighters in need all over the country.
Last year, we lost a colleague called Firefighter Rob Wright a father-of-five, aged 39 to acute myeloid leukaemia. Rob from Wallsend, North Tyneside always liked a challenge, was superfit and never done things by half, hence the challenge we have set ourselves.
The firefighters charity supported Rob in his time of need, his family and his friends. As we witnessed this first hand not just with Rob, but with other firefighters. We are trying to raise as much money as we possibly can so they can carry on with the great work they do.
The Great Nort Run is a yearly event held in the North East of England, it is 13.1 miles long starting from Newcastle and finishing in South Shields. We will be running this distance in fire kit and a Breathing Apparatus set (weighing approximately 25kgs or 55 pounds in total) Put it this way, the record holders won't be worrying about us keeping up with them let's just hope its not a hot day ;-)
Please please dig deep as this is a great charity that helps so many people in need.
From all the team, thanks for your time and support.