Cuts

New figures obtained by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) show that almost one in five frontline firefighter posts, some 11,000 jobs, have been lost since 2010, making it a post war record of firefighter job losses. In total, these cuts mean that 19% of the entire firefighting workforce has been slashed...

Firefighters have called on MPs to support an amendment to the Queen’s Speech today that will protect the fire and rescue service in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower disaster. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which represents the vast majority of firefighters in the UK, is supporting a Labour Party...

Counselling services available to the firefighters who responded to the Grenfell Tower fire were drastically cut back, it can today be revealed, under Boris Johnson’s leadership as the former Mayor of London. The number of counsellors trained to help firefighters process the traumatic scenes they...

The fire and rescue service for Hereford and Worcester is downgrading its fire cover by getting rid of seven more firefighter posts and relying more heavily on ‘retained’, or on-call, firefighters who are in primary employment elsewhere. The service has already cut 70 full-time firefighter jobs...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Cheshire were left in high spirits this week after the fire authority rejected a number of proposals to cut local fire services; even going as far as to re-examine decisions made seven years earlier. Authority members suspended plans to downgrade appliances at Crewe...

Avon Fire Authority has been accused of prioritising a balanced budget over public safety as they axe over 50 firefighter posts. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said that the authority has failed to adequately plan for local fire risks in their Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP), which details...