Grenfell

Reacting to the announcement that the Metropolitan Police are opening an investigation into the use of the stay put policy at the Grenfell Tower fire Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “Grenfell firefighters were dealing with an unprecedented situation that nobody had prepared for and that...

The Fire Brigade Union (FBU) is donating all money raised from the Firefighters 100 Lottery throughout June to charities and projects working in support of Grenfell survivors and the firefighters who responded to the disaster. The plans come in a bid to mark the first anniversary of the Grenfell...

Jeremy Corbyn today (5 June) accused the Government of failing to learn any lessons in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire, despite the first anniversary of the anniversary happening next week. Mr Corbyn told the Fire Brigades Union annual conference in Brighton: “People are still angry about...

Reacting to reports out of today's (4 June) hearings at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, FBU general secretary Matt Wrack said: “It is clear that from the earliest accounts of the night that firefighters faced an unprecedented catastrophe and they responded by going above and beyond the call of duty. The...

Join the Fire Brigades Union as we march to Downing Street with Justice4Grenfell on 16 June to demand justice for the victims of the disaster. One year ago 72 people died and 70 were injured in the worst fire in the UK for decades. Since then there has been a trail of broken promises from the...

Responding to comments made by Andrew O’Hagan on the Today programme (30 May) Matt Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), said: “The firefighters who responded to the Grenfell Tower fire, the emergency fire control operators who took dreadfully distressing calls, acted with...

The Fire Brigades Union wishes to clarify a number of points regarding the Grenfell Tower fire following a report today (25 May) in the Daily Telegraph. The FBU is participating in the public inquiry as a core participant. We are engaging in good faith in the inquiry process and hope that it will...

Responding to the findings of a BBC Panorama investigation about the insulation used on Grenfell Tower, Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said: “The findings outlined in the Panorama investigation are beyond shocking. The issues identified in the programme are matters for...

Responding to the publication of the Hackitt review into building regulations in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Matt Wrack said: “It is perverse that the Hackitt review does not recommend an outright ban on flammable cladding despite...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took time out of his busy schedule this week to meet with FBU members in Plymouth and hear first-hand the impact of budgets cuts. In 2004 there were five full-time fire stations in Plymouth that could immediately deploy up to 50 firefighters to an incident. Fast forward...