Retained firefighters

A special pensions bulletin for members working the Retained Duty System.

Pay protection and the retained, asthma sufferers stay ‘on the run’, FBU helps get member reinstated and e-learning – the new frontier?

General Secretary: Cuts to service are no modernisation, members are resolute over ambulance duties, strike over new shifts, community rallies to save retained stations and 'Report all attacks' call to members.

FBU: What's in it for you? A look at how the retained duty system keep Bewdley in Hereford and Worcester Fire Station running 24/7 and Highlands and Islands launch £4million recruitment campaign.

Meet the new recruits, closing the employment gap and a look at Sedgley, the only retained station in the West Midlands.

Arson 'at epidemic level' as government seeks to cut service, union firm against employers' move to renege on agreement, union demands NJC meeting over pay protection and FBU pilots e-learning for Retained Firefighters.

A look at the unique nature of the Isle of Wight fire service, the 120 hour myths and union fights off 'payment by salary' scheme in Wales.

The double professional lives of many firefighters working in the retained duty system in the North East, pusing the Fire Service to recruit more and pension battle heads to the Lords.

There are over 1600 Fire Stations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and just under 400 in Scotland (including volunteer stations). But in Brigades up and down the country considerable numbers of retained fire engines are unusable every day because of staff shortages – “off the run” as it is...

Retained: Pay and the way forward, Defeat the BNP and Colombia:what’s it got to do with me?