Firefighters rescued more people over the last year than ever before, underlining the exceptional role of emergency intervention, new research by the Fire Brigades Union has found.
This issue looks at the Grenfell Inquiry, 40 years since the first national firefighters strike, a report from the 2017 Labour Party conference and marks the first birthday of the Firefighters 100 Lottery.
Cuts to the number of fire safety inspectors, who are responsible for vital statutory fire safety inspections and audits, are putting the public at risk according to new research by the Fire Brigades Union. These are the inspectors who audit hospitals, schools, offices, shops as well as other...
This is the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) submission to the Westminster government’s consultation ahead of the 2017 Autumn Budget, due to be delivered on 22 November. Following the Chancellor’s announcement in the Autumn Statement 2016, there will now only be one fiscal event in each year. From 2018...
You can download a letter from Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, to the trade union that represents firefighters in Spain paying tribute to their work and their country in the wake of terror attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils.
The Grenfell Tower fire was a disaster that should never have been allowed to happen and one which saw FBU members go beyond the call of duty to save as many lives as possible. The August issue of Firefighter focuses heavily on the aftermath of Grenfell in what was the worst loss of life in a fire...
