Cuts

Firefighters are worried that government plans to reduce the number of specialist decontamination units for fire and rescue services in England will mean increased risk to the public and firefighters. The decision, say the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), has been taken without adequate consultation...

In a year end review Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, has called 2015 a year of "unprecedented challenges for firefighters and the fire and rescue service." Speaking to executive council member Tam McFarlane in a video update, Matt Wrack talks about this years battle to protect FBU members and...

Firefighters have lodged a formal trade dispute with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority over plans to cut a quarter of control operators in the region. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has given the fire authority until 6 January 2016 to withdraw the proposed job cuts, as a matter of public...

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn backed the campaign to give fire and rescue services more resources to tackle major flooding incidents, as he visited firefighters in Cumbria on Thursday. Corbyn spoke to firefighters based at Carlisle East fire station who have spent the last week tackling the fallout...

As Storm Desmond batters the UK, firefighters have raised concern at the chronic underfunding of fire and rescue services as they respond to flooding. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) reports that every service responding to the floods have seen unprecedented cuts in funding over the past five years...

Firefighters have raised concern at the serious underfunding of the fire and rescue service as they respond to floods and other emergencies as a result of Storm Desmond. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) report that every fire and rescue service responding to the floods across northern England have seen...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has reacted with dismay at the inclusion in the chancellor’s published autumn statement of plans for legislation to be brought forward for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to run fire and rescue services. The FBU has raised concerns throughout the year about such a...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Gloucestershire has slammed senior managers in the county’s fire and rescue service for “suspending” full-time fire cover at Cirencester fire station, despite a public consultation into the future of fire cover at this station being inconclusive. Fire cover in...

What: Lobby of the West Midlands Fire Authority Where: West Midlands Fire Service HQ, Vauxhall Road, Birmingham, B7 4HW. When: 10am, Monday 23 November 2015 Large numbers of West Midlands firefighters will hold a demonstration outside West Midlands Fire Service headquarters on Monday morning ahead...