Incident Ground Facilities

This Annual Conference notes with concern that there are still no appropriate facilities on the incident ground for firefighters in Lothian & Borders even though the Fire Brigades Union developed and circulated a best practice document on minimum workplace facilities some time ago for information and negotiation at local level. This policy outlines the standards we must seek to achieve for all members and in particular provide minimum welfare facilities for personnel, including dignified toilet, washing and sanitary provision and disposal facilities at operational incidents and training events. As a consequence of these issues not being addressed, this Annual Conference calls upon the Executive Council to immediately initiate discussions at National Joint Council level in order to achieve national implementation of requirements as laid out in the FBU policy within the earliest possible timeframe and give a report back to Annual Conference 2011.