Control

Reacting to proposals to axe Oxfordshire fire control and move services to a combined Thames Valley control room Sharon Riley, FBU executive council member for Control, said: “These proposals are ill thought out and an insult to the professionalism of our members working in Oxfordshire Fire Control...

Tim Farron MP has called upon the government to begin an independent review of the regional fire control system for the North West, after the emergency fire control centre for the entire North West of England ordered firefighters from Carlisle to respond to an incident in Lancashire, a 200 mile...

Responding to news that Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Authority have refused to review the decision to close Carmarthen fire control room, Barrie Davies, Fire Brigades Union secretary for Mid and West Wales, said: “This could have serious consequences for public safety in our region. “Local...

Firefighters in the north west of England have passed a vote of no confidence in a control room set to open near Warrington that would deal with emergency calls for four brigades. The centre was originally part of the infamous ‘Fire Control’ project, which would have seen the replacement of 46...

Firefighters in Wales have expressed their “deep concern” over proposals to merge the control room for Mid and West Wales with South Wales and relocate it to the headquarters of South Wales police in Bridgend. Although a Welsh government panel was expected to reach a decision on funding for the...

An update for Fire Brigade Union members working in control in Scotland has been sent out. In the update, FBU Regional Organiser, John Mc Fadden, discusses fire board decisions, the Joint Project Group and Scottish Control Working Group, a survey of members and the future of control in Scotland. You...

Responding to the Committee of Public Accounts report into the FiReControl project, in which £482 million of public money was lost in an attempt to restructure emergency control rooms, Matt Wrack, Fire Brigades Union general secretary, said: “This colossal waste of taxpayer’s money must not be...