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Firefighters and supporters from across North Wales took to the streets of Wrexham to defend the region’s fire service from cuts. The protest of more than 100 people took place on the day that North Wales Fire and Rescue Service closed a public consultation on cuts to firefighters, fire stations and...

FBU Scotland has taken the first step towards strike action in opposition to a devastating package of cuts imposed by the Scottish government Firefighters across Scotland will be consulted in the first formal step towards a ballot, the FBU Scotland committee agreed unanimously. John McKenzie, FBU...

Government plans to house asylum seekers on board the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge have come under fire from multiple sources, including the FBU. Serious concerns have been raised about conditions aboard the vessel, which was initially designed to house 222 people but is now expected to take...

The FBU has written to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and the fire minister highlighting “chronic management inaction” in relation to reports of firefighters in Kent having to strip to their underwear in full view of colleagues and the public. In May, FBU...

The FBU has written to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services and the fire minister highlighting “chronic management inaction” in relation to reports of firefighters in Kent having to strip to their underwear in full view of colleagues and the public. In May, FBU...

The FBU has had multiple wins on pensions in the courts. This will mean substantial compensation for thousands of firefighters. The union is fighting hard to overcome a variety of bureaucratic and legal obstacles, and to get the money paid as quickly as possible. Solicitor Ivan Walker, who has...

An FBU petition calling for the resignation of Northamptonshire’s police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) Stephen Mold had gathered more than 650 signatures as Firefighter went to press. In July, Mold made his own staffer Nicci Marzec, who has no experience of firefighting, interim chief fire...

A campaign has taken off in Oxfordshire against “direct entry”, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) scheme that fast-tracks people with no experience of firefighting or the fire service into senior fire management roles. FBU members from across Oxfordshire rallied outside a meeting of the county...

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said that it will assess the safety of the National Fire Chiefs Council proposal to allow firefighters to be deployed beyond the bridgehead wearing their breathing apparatus (BA), but not under air. The FBU publicly criticised the HSE last month for failing...

Staffordshire FBU brigade secretary Rob Moss was wrongly sacked on the grounds of capability, despite not being fitness tested for more than 12 months, an employment tribunal has found. (Image courtesy of Richard Price Local Democracy Reporter) Moss, 54, was dismissed from Staffordshire Fire and...