Across the country, firefighters are gearing up for the national demonstration against cuts to the fire and rescue service and government attacks on pensions in London on Wednesday 16 October.
From Norfolk alone, 100 Fire Brigades Union members have confirmed their attendance, with a coach and minibus picking up activists from Great Yarmouth, Acle and Norwich.
FBU Norfolk organiser, Ricky Braddon, said: “As a union within this brigade we are more determined than excited about the prospect of attending the national demonstration in London.
“The large turnout for such as small brigade just shows the solidarity amongst our members and hopefully this will go someway to show the government that we are not prepared to just stand by and let them bulldoze their way through.
“It is absolutely disgusting the proposals that they have put forward. Not only do they expect a firefighter reaching 60 to do a job that is arduous to someone half that age but they expect them to be at a higher fitness level than they were perhaps 10 or 20 years ago.
“They are expecting things from us that are totally unrealistic and unachievable. This will inevitably put firefighters, and members of the public lives at risk.
“We cannot let this happen and we will do everything we can to try to prevent it.”
