CONVOY 9 departed for Ukraine on June 28. 17 fire appliances, 3 vans and a prime mover, carrying 2,355 pieces of equipment, are on their way to firefighters who have lost theirs.

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We need to raise £50,000 so we can deliver more convoys in the future.

UK Convoy to Ukraine

Firefighters are a family. That is why firefighters and rescue workers from services across the UK have driven 1500 miles to deliver life-saving equipment to their Ukrainian colleagues.

Ukraine's fire and rescue crews respond to missile strikes, drone attacks and mass-casualty scenes. They are often first on the scene, working beneath air-raid sirens among collapsing buildings. Many are sent into areas under threat of double-tap strikes, where a second attack is timed to hit the rescuers as they arrive.

For over a decade, FIRE AID has worked with firefighters and rescue workers across Ukraine, providing equipment, training, and sharing best-practice. Since the full-scale invasion, we have delivered 175 fire and rescue vehicles and more than 250,000 pieces of equipment have reached crews across Ukraine through that network.

Losses are catastrophic

122 firefighters and rescue workers have been killed. 626 injured. 3 have been captured. 1 is missing in action.

480 fire stations have been destroyed or damaged. 106 are now in occupied territory. 1,780 pieces of fire and rescue equipment have been captured, destroyed or damaged.

Every vehicle and every piece of kit or rescue equipment that arrives puts capacity back where the war has stripped it away. Your gift is essential to restoring equipment so that firefighters can respond to fires and keep their communities safe and support Ukrainian resilience.

A coordinated effort

Our convoys are one NGO, fire service or company acting alone, and CONVOY 9 was no different. 16 UK fire and rescue services have contributed vehicles, equipment and volunteers, brought together with the backing of the UK Government and the sector's leading bodies — the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, the FCDO, the National Fire Chiefs Council, National Resilience and UK ISAR.

FIRE AID is the charity that brings this together. We connect services across the UK and Europe, and liaise with Ukrainian fire fighters to make sure the equipment we donate suits their ever changing and growing needs. We deliver the aid WITH firefighters FOR firefighters.

Give today, doubled.

Your gift today is matched pound for pound by the EBRD Community Initiative, so give today to give twice. Let’s build resilience together and get CONVOY 10 on the road before the end of 2026.