Chronic staff shortages at North Yorkshire fire control leave public public at risk, say firefighters 28 Jul, 2017 News The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have revealed that budget cuts to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s control room...
First police and fire commissioner will undermine fire service independence, say firefighters 26 Jul, 2017 News The Home Secretary has announced the creation of the first ever Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner in a move that the...
Chaos at Surrey fire service as I.T. systems fail 19 Jul, 2017 News Vital I.T. systems have crashed at Surrey Fire Emergency Control forcing operators to use pen and paper in order to take...
Firefighters' union warns report “must not be a smokescreen for cuts” 19 Jul, 2017 News Reacting to the publication of a Government report into Avon Fire Authority, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has raised...
Matt Wrack on firefighting and Grenfell 19 Jul, 2017 News The FBU's general secretary, Matt Wrack's speech at the Durham Miners' Gala captures the feeling of the Fire Brigades...
New research shows emergency response to tower block fires is a postcode lottery 15 Jul, 2017 News The ability of fire crews to respond promptly and professionally to life threatening tower block fires is a postcode...
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service forced to call on three other brigades to respond to two fires 12 Jul, 2017 News Surrey firefighters had to call on three neighbouring brigades last night (Tuesday 11 th July) when services were...
MBE awarded to FBU's black and ethnic minority members official 07 Jul, 2017 News Michael Nicholas, secretary of the FBU’s black & ethnic minority members (B&EMM) section, has been awarded an MBE in the...
Fire crews of three are putting lives at risk, says firefighters' union 07 Jul, 2017 News Fire engines are being sent to incidents in Northumberland with a crew of just three firefighters, which is critically...
Pay proposal update 07 Jul, 2017 News In response to the FBU's reaction to the recent pay proposal Councillor Nick Chard, the chair of the fire service...
