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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) welcomes the publication of the Kerslake report into the Manchester bombing. There are hard lessons for all emergency services to learn in the report. The FBU has been considering the implications of what happened on the night and will review those in the light...

Vintage fire engines, classic fire service uniforms and historical firefighting equipment will be on display this Wednesday (28 March) for a free one day only exhibition at St. Enoch Square, Glasgow. It is part of an event to mark 100 years since the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) was founded. In...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has backed a walkout of participants from the public inquiry into undercover police spying. The action came in response to the failure of the Mitting inquiry to make any real progress in three years and the refusal of the judge chairing the inquiry, Sir John Mitting...

Starting this Friday, a series of photoshoots will take place across the UK in order to capture 100 Faces of the FBU to be used in an exhibition celebrating the union’s centenary. Touring the country later this year, the exhibition will host 100 portraits of union members and will explore what...

As part of the Fire Brigades Union’s (FBU) centenary celebrations, all surviving issues of Firefighter magazine dating back to 1932 are being made available to browse online in what is believed to be a first for a UK trade union.  The union’s journal gives a priceless insight into the...

The public is being denied the right to have a say on proposed changes to the Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service that the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) say are a threat to public safety. Managers at the service have proposed measures that would include a reduction in the number of firefighters...

Following a robust campaign sustained over two years, the FBU in Cheshire have finally got the decision overturned to downgrade fire appliances at Crewe and Ellesmere Port from full time to on call. Following the Cheshire Fire Authority’s approval to downgrade both stations’ appliances, the vote...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has slammed Hereford and Worcester Fire Authority who this week granted permission for all firefighters to be sacked in two weeks if an agreement cannot be reached on a new duty system. The service would then offer firefighters re-employment but with inferior contracts...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has lambasted a proposed five year plan for the Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) that is set to be voted on at this Friday's (16 February) fire authority meeting. The FBU says that the draft ‘Integrated Risk Management Plan’ (IRMP) and...

Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Hereford and Worcester are furious that the fire and rescue service there is today (14 February) seeking permission to sack firefighters and offer them re-employment only if they accept inferior terms and conditions, including working more hours...