Firefighter magazine April 2015
FBU helps firefighter to win six-figure sum after injury
A former firefighter who suffered a career ending injury while working at Ilkley fire station in West Yorkshire has secured a substantial damages settlement. Michael Hollings was seriously injured during a training exercise in May 2011. He and two colleagues were taking part in a drill that involved...
Six years on - justice at last for hero firefighter Ewan Williamson
The FBU has today welcomed the end of an almost six year wait for justice for hero firefighter Ewan Williamson. Hero Ewan lost his life in the line of duty battling a fire at the Balmoral bar in Dalry Road, Edinburgh on the 12 July 2009. Although the FBU welcomes the sentence from Judge Uist the...
Scottish fire service plead guilty in trial over death of firefighter Ewan Williamson
The FBU has welcomed the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s guilty plea into the death of our brother and friend firefighter Ewan Williamson who lost his life in the line of duty fighting a fire at the Balmoral Bar in Dalry Road, Edinburgh on the 12 July 2009. The FBU will need to see the full...
Fire service faces trial over death of hero firefighter Ewan Williamson
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service stands accused this week of health and safety breaches that contributed to the death of firefighter Ewan Williamson in 2009, as a trial gets underway. Ewan was involved in operations at the Balmoral Bar, Edinburgh, as part of the then Lothian and Borders Fire and...
Union welcomes bosses dropping Marlie Farm appeal over killed and injured firefighters
Firefighters have welcomed the news that East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service has dropped its appeal against liability for the deaths of Geoff Wicker and Brian Wembridge at a firework factory on Marlie Farm in 2006. The High Court ruled back in 2013 that East Sussex FRS was guilty of negligence...
“Unfairly treated” South Wales firefighters win grievance appeal
A grievance appeal panel has conceded that South Wales Fire and Rescue Service treated firefighters unfairly when they reduced a compensation package to be paid for three years instead of five. The compensation package was paid as a result of downgrading Cowbridge fire station, where the...
Firefighters union to take Bucks fire authority to court over Ricky Matthews sacking
The Fire Brigades Union will begin legal proceedings against Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Authority over the sacking of victimised firefighter and senior union official Ricky Matthews. Fire chiefs sacked Ricky, via a letter delivered to his wife during the middle of the night, when he took strike...
