Today is 999 Emergency Services day, a National Day of Tribute celebrating the nation’s emergency services personnel and remembering those killed in the line of duty.
The annual event launched in 2018 and fittingly begins at 9am on 9 September to represent the 9th hour of the 9th day of the 9th month.
Provost Gillian Renwick met with local representatives of Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service to thank them on behalf of the people of East Dunbartonshire. They joined her in raising a special Emergency Services Day flag which is flying at East Dunbartonshire Council Headquarters in Kirkintilloch.
Provost Renwick said, “999 Emergency Services Day is an important day in our calendar, an opportunity to remind ourselves, as a community, how much we owe to our emergency services. We never know the day or hour we will rely on a paramedic, the Fire and Rescue Service or the Police to save our lives or the lives of those we love. And we must also remember those emergency services personnel who have suffered injury or lost their lives in the line of duty. Their job can be extremely dangerous and it is important we recognise this and never take their commitment to protecting us for granted.
It was an honour to meet some of our local heroes in person and to thank them for their response to the recent fire at the former Campsie View School and the work they all do daily to protect people living and working in East Dunbartonshire.
We will proudly fly the 999 Emergency Services Day flag throughout the day in recognition of the vital contribution the emergency services make to our communities in East Dunbartonshire.”
