Publications

Record of decisions from the 2013 Fire Brigades Union conference.

New Tory privatisation plans, Edinburgh rally against pension changes, Welsh crew given hour to quit in dead of night and lessons must be learned from tragic London fire.

A central issue for people living and working across the UK are the risks from fire and other emergencies, matters that the fire and rescue service deals with twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. The risks from fires at home, at work, as well as road traffic incidents, floods, from terrorism...

The Fire and Rescue Service represents exceptional value for money as a public service. Annually, at a cost of still less than £3bn (on average less than £50 per adult per year in the UK), firefighters across the UK provide a 24 hour/365 day comprehensive service dealing with a wide range of...

The Executive Council’s Report for 2013.

Firefi ghters in the New Firefi ghters’ Pension Scheme (NFPS) face a big hit from government proposals for pensions. As well as the increase in contributions from April 2012 and April 2013 - with more expected in April 2014 and 2015 (to 13.2%) - fi refi ghters in the NFPS will also be affected by...

No to mass sackings, pensions campaign at a critical stage, mutual plan is ‘back door privatisation’, FBU’s learning school ‘inspiring’ and still no statutory flood response duty.

The Westminster government’s review into the normal pension age (NPA) for firefighters was published in January and does not provide evidence to make firefighters work to 60. Instead the view by Dr Tony Williams broadly supports the FBU’s position that the government’s proposals are unworkable...

FBU campaign against the cuts, London Mayor must abandon reckless cuts, threat to rural Cambridgeshire population and single fire and rescue service for Scotland.

The Fire Brigades Union’s campaign to defend firefighters’ pensions is reaching a critical stage. Within the next month there will be new developments that will make a huge difference to the direction of our campaign.