Grenfell: The tough questions must be asked and answered

By Matt Wrack
The Grenfell Tower fire was an atrocity. The inquiry must not be a whitewash. The 14 of June 2017 will forever be marked as a nightmare date of death and destruction. The accounts of the Grenfell Tower victims are painful to read and listen to. Loved ones speaking to their families for the last time...
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Grenfell lessons

By Shane Ewen
Action to safeguard the public and firefighters from avoidable death and injury tends to follow disasters like Grenfell Tower. Lessons learned this time must end and reverse decades of ‘deregulation’ that was driven by greed and ignorance, says historian Shane Ewen. The Grenfell Tower disaster...
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Narrow Grenfell Inquiry too limited, says firefighters' union

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said it is ‘extremely disappointed’ that the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire will not investigate the preparedness of fire services outside London to deal with a similar disaster. Andy Dark, assistant general secretary of the FBU, said: “We are appalled...
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Grenfell Tower: A disaster that should never have happened

By Matt Wrack
The scale of the fire that engulfed Grenfell Tower in June was unprecedented. Firefighters all around the world would have watched with horror as the fire took hold as it did. In over 30 years working within the fire and rescue service, I have never seen a fire pose such a huge threat to human life...
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Grenfell public inquiry must listen to us, say firefighters

By infobo
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is urging the inquiry team and the government to listen to firefighters, emergency fire control operators and to the FBU itself, as their democratic and independent voice, when the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster gets underway. The deadline for...
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Matt Wrack on firefighting and Grenfell

By Anna Zych
The FBU's general secretary, Matt Wrack's speech at the Durham Miners' Gala captures the feeling of the Fire Brigades Union in the aftermath of Grenfell. Watch Matt's full speech here: https://youtu.be/vpJRjivXYNE

New research shows emergency response to tower block fires is a postcode lottery

By infobo
The ability of fire crews to respond promptly and professionally to life threatening tower block fires is a postcode lottery, according to new research from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which represents the vast majority of UK firefighters. Differing levels of resources around the country mean...
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