Jaden Francois-Espirit

“Unbeknown to those with whom he worked at Wembley Fire Station, [the deceased]'s mental well being was deteriorating significantly in the last weeks of his life, and it deteriorated to the point where he killed himself. I heard at inquest that the London Fire Brigade has quite sophisticated systems in place to support firefighters suffering mental ill health. However, [the deceased] was not offered the support of, for example, psychological counselling, because it was not appreciated that he was so very low.”