Local government

Northumberland firefighters have grave concerns at the scale of cuts announced by Northumberland County Council, saying they will have a significant impact on the level of risk facing the public and firefighters. Northumberland County Council announced cuts impacting across the entire county, with...

Plans to close Leicester Central fire station have been branded the ‘most dangerous’ of all the cuts proposals facing Leicestershire Fire and Rescue. The station responds to over 1500 calls a year in a growing city with a population of over 300,000. Watch Leicestershire FBU chair Graham Vaux explain...

The decision by London Mayor Boris Johnson to close a fire station last year may have led to the death of an elderly man in a fire yesterday, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. Yesterday morning (Monday 26 October) a fire broke out at a property in Camden Road but firefighters from Kentish Town...

Extraordinary cuts could see 11 fire engines decommissioned and two fire stations close, with the only replacement for services being Tactical Response Vehicles – which carry less equipment and fewer firefighters. Oppose plans in Leicestershire to send what is nothing more than a ‘car with a jet...

The fire and rescue service in Leicestershire is facing the biggest cuts in its history that will see firefighters struggle to their job effectively and safely. Extraordinary cuts could see 11 fire engines decommissioned and two fire stations close, with the only replacement for services being...

Essex firefighters have today welcomed Essex County Fire and Rescue’s (ECFRS) public commitment to an open and transparent examination of statistics compiled by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on the numbers of fire deaths, home fires and casualties in Essex that buck the national downward trend. As a...

Official Government figures in a new report by the Fire Brigades Union show how the fire and rescue service in Essex is failing to reduce the number of deaths, home fires and casualties, in stark contrast to the downward trends nationally. The report comes as Essex County Fire and Rescue (ECFRS)...