Conference demands that the Executive Council will do everything within its power to prevent a fragmenting of the national Fire Brigades Union into the Fire Brigades Union England, Fire Brigades Union...
Conference is concerned at the lack of consistency of the Firefighter pension Schemes ‘Independent Qualified Medical Practitioner’ assessment process and in particular, the definition of ‘permanent’...
Conference is astounded that despite continuing firefighter fatalities and injuries to operational crews, a number of Fire and Rescue Services are still pressurising Firefighters to ride in charge of...
Conference will be aware that Emergency Resolution 10 regarding Day Crew Plus and Close Proximity Crewing type systems was passed unanimously at Conference in May 2011. The resolution demanded that...
Conference notes with concern, the increasing evidence that human activity climate change caused by global warming is already affecting the world’s weather patterns, which in turn is pushing up the...
This Conference abhors and condemns Israel’s attacks on Gaza in July and August 2014, which killed over 2,000 people, damaged or destroyed thousands of buildings, and further compounded misery in an...
Conference notes the proposal to merge Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Services into a single service. The FBU has previous experience of Fire Service mergers, including the merger which resulted...
Conference has previously agreed that the rules relating to canvassing in elections should be reviewed. Previous consideration of the issue of canvassing has identified a number of problems in...
Conference demands that the Executive Council take steps to address issues related to partial performance. To this end Conference calls upon the Executive Council to: a. ensure that discussions are...
1. Introduction It has long been the aim of the Fire Brigades Union to organise all those workers within our sector. However, this immediately raises the question how we define the sector. For many...
