Submitted by SWFBU on
Circular To All FBU Members from General Secretary Matt Wrack:
Date: 5 January 2017
Dear Brother/Sister
Please help us to help Andy: Firefighters 100 Lottery - January 2017 appeal
For January 2017 the focus of the Firefighters 100 Lottery will be to support Andy Adams. Andy is a Watch Manager at Greenock Community Fire Station, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service. He suffered extremely serious injuries whilst attending at an incident at Auchmead Road, Greenock, Renfrewshire, in August last year, when a wall collapsed.
This incident left Andy, a 49 year old father of two, with the following injuries:
Severed spinal cord resulting in complete paraplegia from the chest down
Fractured neck
3 broken vertebrae in back
Broken sternum
2 fractured scapulae
Punctured lung
Broken collar bone
Broken tibula
Broken fibula
Broken jaw in two places
Broken ankle
You will appreciate that these terrible injuries have completely changed Andy’s life and that of his family. As a result his colleagues and friends have launched fundraising activities to support his rehabilitation. The Firefighters 100 Lottery wants to support this initiative as part of our support for the families of those killed or injured in the line of duty.
Therefore, for the month of January 2017, all Good Cause money raised by the Firefighters 100 Lottery will go to the fund supporting Andy Adams. Please encourage friends, colleagues and family to support this initiative by purchasing lottery tickets. This can be done on line at:
www.firefighters100lottery.co.uk
Thank you for your support.
Best wishes.
Matt Wrack
General Secretary
Andrew Adams with his partner Clare Linning and their two children
