Publications

Privatisation threat to fire service, watch manager not guilty in Atherstone trial, Essex strike ballot over cuts to frontline and crews and public at risk as under-equipped vans replace fire appliances.

Why planning needs to be risk based, not cash based; regional control saga drags on as property company collapses, Cumbria Council defies public and time to think again about Fire Service College sell-off.

Why growing older takes a physical and mental toll on firefighters, health fears over NHS and retirement, employers warned of anger over pay freeze and squeeze and cuts slow response times.

Why the government’s proposals are unrealistic and unacceptable, attack on maternity leave rights, unions back in court for pensions appeal, climate risks highlighted and government is planning to cut compensation for injury at work.

Urgent appeal sought on pensions uprate ruling, public backs West Yorkshire fight for 135 frontline jobs, FBU demands transparency on fire control room changes and FBU women lobby MPs.

The Fire Brigades Union’s Executive Council has carefully examined the government proposals for fi re service pensions and concluded that they are unacceptable. We are disappointed that the signifi cant body of evidence presented by the FBU during the discussions with government appears to have been...

Firefighters in the New Firefighters Pension Scheme (NFPS) face a big hit from increased contributions this April and for the rest of your career. The NFPS is the pension scheme for wholetime firefighters who joined the service after April 2006 and is the only current scheme for retained...

The next week or so will be crucial for your pension. Our discussions with government are at a critical stage. We have not walked away from talks, nor will we walk away. But the government has imposed an arbitrary and unrealistic deadline of 20 January for the FBU to sign their agreement. If their...

Privatisation and pensions top agenda, government delays setting cost ceilings at FBU’s request, FBU takes firefighting supplies to Palestine and FBU Scotland welcomes single structure plans.

Dr Richard Graveling from the Institute of Occupational Medicine produced this report, Fitness for work: Estimate of the deterioration of the aerobic fitness of firefighters with age, for the FBU.