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A memorial plaque stands close to where Lombard died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosted.southglos.gov.uk/planningweeklylists/2007Archive/Circulated%20Schedule/Oct12.pdf|title=List of Planning Applications and Other Proposals|date=2007-10-12|publisher=[[South Gloucestershire]] Council|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> Her name is on the UK National Firefighters Memorial located near [[St. Paul's Cathedral]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firefightersmemorial.co.uk/inmemory.html|title=In Memoriam|publisher=[[Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust]]|accessdate=2008-07-01 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080418041728/http://www.firefightersmemorial.co.uk/inmemory.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-18}}</ref> |
A memorial plaque stands close to where Lombard died.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hosted.southglos.gov.uk/planningweeklylists/2007Archive/Circulated%20Schedule/Oct12.pdf|title=List of Planning Applications and Other Proposals|date=2007-10-12|publisher=[[South Gloucestershire]] Council|accessdate=2008-07-01}}</ref> Her name is on the UK National Firefighters Memorial located near [[St. Paul's Cathedral]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firefightersmemorial.co.uk/inmemory.html|title=In Memoriam|publisher=[[Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust]]|accessdate=2008-07-01 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080418041728/http://www.firefightersmemorial.co.uk/inmemory.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-04-18}}</ref> |
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In her memory, [[Avon_Fire_and_Rescue_Service|Avon Fire and Rescue Service]] have set up the Fleur Lombard Bursary Fund. |
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This provides travel grants so that a junior UK firefighter may visit the fire service of another country |
This provides travel grants so that a junior UK firefighter may visit the fire service of another country |
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Revision as of 08:59, 22 April 2012
Fleur Lombard | |
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| Born | 1974 |
| Died | 4 February 1996 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Firefighter |
| Known for | First female firefighter to die on duty in peacetime Britain |
Fleur Lombard QGM (1974 – 4 February 1996[1]) was the first female firefighter to die on duty in peacetime Britain.
Staple Hill supermarket fire
Fleur Lombard was one of only eight women among Avon's 700 firefighters.[2] On graduating in 1994, Lombard received the Silver Axe Award, for most outstanding recruit on her training school.[3] On 4 February 1996, when she was 21 years old, she was fighting a supermarket fire in Staple Hill, near Bristol, when she and her partner, Robert Seaman, were caught in a flashover. She was killed as a direct result of the intense heat and her body was found just a few yards from the exit. Lombard was the first woman to die in peacetime service in Britain.[2][4]
She was posthumously awarded the Queen's Gallantry Medal.[5] Robert Seaman was awarded the George Medal for bravery for returning to the burning building when he realised his partner had not followed him out.[6] Another firefighter, Pat Foley, who also went into the blazing supermarket to help, was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Bravery.[6]
Martin Cody
The fire was deliberately started by security guard Martin Cody,[2] then aged 21, on his first day at work at the supermarket. Cody was said to live in a fantasy world and started the fire to relieve his boredom.[2] He phoned a colleague to say the fire was "a good one", and was seen punching the air with glee before firefighters arrived on the scene. Cody was later jailed for seven and a half years for manslaughter and arson.[2] The sentencing judge of the Royal Courts of Justice stated that he had escaped a life sentence for the manslaughter only because psychiatrists were unable to say he posed a continuing serious risk to the public.[2] Lombard's parents criticised the jail sentence, saying psychiatric treatment would have been more appropriate.[2]
Legacy
Lombard's ashes are interred in the churchyard of St Enodoc's Church, Trebetherick, Cornwall.[3] A trust fund and bursary were set up in her memory.[3]
A memorial plaque stands close to where Lombard died.[7] Her name is on the UK National Firefighters Memorial located near St. Paul's Cathedral, London.[8]
In her memory, Avon Fire and Rescue Service have set up the Fleur Lombard Bursary Fund. [9] This provides travel grants so that a junior UK firefighter may visit the fire service of another country
References
- ^ "UK Deaths on Duty". FireNet. Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g Shaw, Terence (1997-09-02). "Arsonist gets seven years for killing firewoman". Telegraph Group Limited. Retrieved 2008-07-01. [dead link]
- ^ a b c "The Fleur Lombard Bursary". Avon Fire and Rescue Service. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Dying in the line of duty". BBC News. 2002-09-31. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "In Memoriam, Fleur Lombard". International Association of Women in Fire & Emergency Services. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ a b "Posthumous award for female firefighter". BBC News. 1998-04-03. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "List of Planning Applications and Other Proposals" (PDF). South Gloucestershire Council. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "In Memoriam". Firefighters Memorial Charitable Trust. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ . =Avon_Fire_and_Rescue_Service http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/avon/charity?id=572.
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