Firefighting and rescue charity FADA has just received a big boost to its work in Niger in Africa — a shipment of €85,000 worth of medical supplies from Fleming Medical of Limerick.

Fire and Ambulance Development in Africa, or FADA, is based in Dublin and led by firefighter Brendan McCoy. It is focused on the development and training of a fire rescue service in the West African country of Niger, specifically in the province of Zinder.

Although two and a half times the size of Ireland, in 2011 the area had just one fire engine to service a population of 2.4 million.

FADA has sent many shipments of medical supplies and fire engines to West Africa since then, and has sent crews to teach the local fire rescue teams essential rescue service skills. The charity relies solely on donations of supplies and money in order to ship the goods.

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McCoy said: “On behalf of the charity, we are so thrilled to have such a large donation from Fleming Medical. The donation in its entirety will be of such great use to the people of Niger.”

Mark Fleming, MD of Fleming Healthcare, said: “We are delighted that we could help out such a worthy cause — all the team in FADA do great work for the people of Niger.”

Fleming Medical is an Irish-owned medical supplies company which develops and markets a complete range of high performance solutions for the pharmacy area. The firm was established in 1986, has a team of over 50 staff and a customer base spanning Ireland, the UK and a wide range of other countries.

Fleming Medical Ltd, owned by Mark Fleming, booked a net profit of  €570,000 in seven-month period to December 2014 compared with a loss of €1,133,000 in the year to May 2014. Net worth at year-end was €4.8m.

Top Photo: Brian Colbert of Fleming Medical (left) with Brendan McCoy (centre) and Darren Geary of FADA