Cuts

This week the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in North Yorkshire stepped up their campaign against cuts to the local fire and rescue service which would see six fire engines replaced with smaller ‘tactical response vehicles’ which carry fewer firefighters and less equipment. The union plans to distribute...

Following Saturday’s tragic incident at the Shoreham Air Show the Fire Brigades Union wish to commend all Emergency Service personnel who dealt with this harrowing incident. Danni Armstrong, secretary of the South East region of the FBU said “Our members, along with other emergency services, have...

Control staff with the Essex fire service, 95% of whom are women, are striking today (25 August 2015) as part of a dispute over unworkable shifts imposed by Essex fire service managers. Control staff who once worked family friendly shift patterns are now being forced to work twelve hour day and...

Official Government figures in a new report by the Fire Brigades Union show how the fire and rescue service in Essex is failing to reduce the number of deaths, home fires and casualties, in stark contrast to the downward trends nationally. The report comes as Essex County Fire and Rescue (ECFRS)...

Firefighters have been travelling across Essex county this week campaigning against huge frontline fire and rescue service cuts which could see frontline firefighter numbers cut by up to a quarter. Firefighters in Essex will walk out this week in protest at the cuts. The FBU say fire chiefs are not...

Incidents like the chip shop fire in Llangefni on Tuesday, which saw a delayed response of almost 20 minutes by the fire and rescue service, will become more prevalent if budgets get cut any further, according to the Fire Brigades Union (FBU). The last five years have seen devastating cuts to the...

Firefighters in Essex took strike action Thursday 6 August in protest at the largest, most devastating cuts to emergency fire response in the history of Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS). FBU Brigade Chair for Essex Riccardo la Torre said “We will see these cuts hit all areas of our 999...

Firefighters in Essex are planning to strike next Thursday (6 th August) in protest at further cuts to firefighter jobs which the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says are set to decimate the county’s fire and rescue services. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) have already suffered some...

Firefighters have called for urgent action to tackle the soaring number of flood related emergencies they are being asked to respond to. Firefighters attended just twelve flood incident emergency calls out of 54 between midnight and 5am last Friday (17 July) due to the fire and rescue service being...

Fire Brigades Union (FBU) officials and members in Staffordshire say the fire and rescue authority is out of touch with the public who feel chronically let down over cuts to services in their area. In spite of reserves of £11M, the fire and rescue authority on Monday announced 22 full time...