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FBU members at rally against crews of 3 with Matt Wrack

Cambridgeshire firefighters protest ‘dangerous’ under-crewing policy at fire station opening

29 Nov, 2023 By Alice Dann

Today, 29th November, firefighters took to the streets to protest a ‘dangerous’ reduction to fire crews in Cambridgeshire, at the official opening of Huntingdon Fire Station and Service Training Centre. Firefighters in the region have continued to raise serious concerns regarding a new policy...

“Bring Avon fire service back from brink”: firefighters call for reversal to cuts after damning report

23 Nov, 2023 By Alice Dann

The Fire Brigades Union has responded to the latest inspection report into Avon Fire and Rescue Service. Released yesterday, the report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) finds Avon fire service “inadequate” at responding to fires and other emergencies...

Fire station with fire appliance outside at night

Cuts drive response times to record high

Response times for fire incidents have risen to a decade-long high in fire services across England. Home Office data for the year ending March 2023 shows a year-on-year rise in the time taken for the first fire vehicle to arrive at an incident. The average total response time to primary fires in...

Firefighters rally against crew reductions

Cambridgeshire firefighters organised a rally outside a meeting of the Cambridgeshire fire authority on 4 October protesting against a dangerous reduction to crews. Since 1 January this year, Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service (CFRS) has cut the number of on-call firefighters attending incidents...

Street protest backs FBU’s clear alternative to dangerous cuts

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 consults Scottish firefighters on strike action over ‘threat to lives and homes of everybody’

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...

Union warns of “catastrophe” as hundreds of firefighters gather to launch Firefighters' Manifesto

31 Oct, 2023 By Alice Dann

Today, Wednesday 1 November, hundreds of firefighters and control staff will assemble in Westminster to launch a new ‘Firefighters’ Manifesto’. As the country recovers from flooding, and braces for the realities of climate change, the union warned that politicians must “listen to the voice of the...

A decade of cuts has created the perfect ‘Firestorm’ says damning Fire Brigades Union report

24 Oct, 2023 By Alice Dann

An explosive report published today by the Fire Brigades Union has exposed the crisis facing the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS). The report says that a combination of cuts, a lack of recruitment, the crisis in the ‘On Call’ service, declining training standards and the climate emergency...

Firefighters’ union to consult members in Scotland on strike action over cuts

13 Oct, 2023 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

Fire Brigades Union takes first step towards nationwide strike action Fire cuts are “threat to the lives, homes and livelihoods of everyone in Scotland”, says union Move comes on eve of SNP conference in Aberdeen The Fire Brigades Union has today announced its intention to begin consulting...

FBU members attend Avon fire authority meeting

Firefighters vow to fight cuts to Avon’s fire and rescue service

05 Oct, 2023 By Alice Dann

Yesterday, Avon Fire Authority voted through proposals to cut 40 wholetime (full time) firefighter posts and reduce fire engine crews from 5 firefighters to 4 across the service. Representatives of the Fire Brigades Union condemned the cuts as ‘dangerous and irresponsible’ in an address to the Fire...

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