[Vestassolidarity] FW: www.paulfletchermemorialfund.org.uk - FBU

[Nadine Houghton]

Work related death on the isle of wight.

 

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From: Darren Lewis [mailto:DLewis at tuc.org.uk] 
Sent: 20 October 2009 09:24
Subject: www.paulfletchermemorialfund.org.uk - FBU
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The Isle of Wight's Chief Fire Officer has paid tribute to Crew Manager
Paul Fletcher who died in the early hours of this morning (Monday 24).

Father-of-two Mr Fletcher was pronounced dead at St Mary's Hospital,
Newport, shortly after attending a call to the nearby HM Prison, Isle of
Wight, an incident which turned out to be a false alarm.

Chief Fire Officer Paul Street said Mr Fletcher, 39, of Newchurch, had
been a credit to himself and the service since joining in April 2004.

"Paul cared passionately about the service and about serving Island
residents," Mr Street said.

"He distinguished himself in several areas notably training where his
work was of such high quality that earlier this year he received the GO
Union Learning Representative of the Year Award.

"In addition Paul played an active role in the rapid improvement of the
service in recent years and was enthusiastic about continuing that
improvement through the Model for Change Project.

"Paul was also very active and highly successful in working with the
Fire Brigades Union nationally, regionally and locally starting as
brigade secretary and moving on to the post of regional chairman.

"Paul will be sadly missed as both a colleague and a friend."

Mr Fletcher joined the IW Fire and Rescue Service in April 2004 as a
fire-fighter, having served previously with the police. He became a crew
manager in May this year.

He leaves a wife Lisa and two children, a daughter of seven and a son of
four.

Police, who are carrying out an investigation on behalf of the IW
Coroner, confirmed that the death is not being treated as suspicious.

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