Essex County Fire & Rescue Service’s Firebike

FireBike is a Road Traffic Collision (RTC) education and publicity initiative through which we engage positively with Essex’s motorcyclists on a range of safety and related issues. This helps us to promote safer riding and reduce the number of motorcycling casualties in Essex.

Last year according to Essex Police, there were 204 motorcyclists killed or seriously injured (KSI) on the roads of Essex. Although motorbikes account for less than 1% of all traffic, they make up nearly 25% of overall KSI figures.

The FireBike product seeks to reduce the number of motorcyclists and their pillions becoming KSI casualties on the roads of Essex.

FireBike is run by Essex County Fire and Rescue Service with support from the Essex Casualty Reduction Board and in partnership with Cannon BMW Motorcycles, based in Braintree. Husband and wife team Bill and Sue Cannon, have loaned a top of the range BMW S1000RR to the Service (to join its BMW K1300s) as a way of attracting the attention of motorbike enthusiasts to the scheme.

Our FireBike riders are both operational firefighters and highly qualified motorcyclists. They use their experiences as both firefighters attending RTC’s and as motorcycle enthusiasts themselves to engage with riders and their pillion passengers at motorcycle events and venues throughout Essex.

Our key FireBike messages are:

• Train as if your life depends on it
• Protect yourself and your pillion
• Learn to share the road

We want this website to be an information portal of choice for motorcyclists in Essex, providing a wide range of information, advice and guidance on safety and related issues.

Please check our other pages and be sure to visit the site regularly for updates and information.

For web links to other useful motorcycling related organisations, please click here

We would welcome your feedback on the content of our FireBike pages and any suggestions you may have for improvements or additional features you would like to see. Please use this link for this, or to contact us generally.

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