Environment

Roddy McAllister Control member 2002 FBU pay campaign

Proud Red Clydesider and always a team player

22 Dec, 2021 By Helen Hague

When Roddy McAllister started working in fire, 45 years ago, Glasgow still had the unenviable reputation as the “Tinderbox City” of Europe; in the 60s, fires were frequent and some shockingly devastating – with death tolls not seen outside wartime bombings. In late autumn, days after Roddy retired...

The Fire Brigades Union at a COP26 protest

Firefighters know an emergency when they see one

08 Nov, 2021 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

The Fire Brigades Union has produced a series of films to coincide with the COP26 summit.

Our planet, under attack

05 Nov, 2021 By infobo

Climate change increases the likelihood of floods and wildfires, placing major added burdens on firefighters and communities – illustrated in these images. WILDFIRE FLOODING DESTROYED AIR SUPPORT SEVEN-DAYS FLASH FLOOD SO FAST RAF MOBILISED

Factory chimneys with emissions coming out of them

Trade unions demand COP26 nations “talk to workers”

01 Nov, 2021 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

14 UK trade union leaders representing 2.3 million workers have written to the leaders of the COP26 nations, to ask them to listen to workers’ voices on climate issues “before, during and after your negotiations at COP26”. Leaders of the FBU, Unite, the NEU, the CWU, and the PCS are amongst those to...

Grass and scrubland fire at a wind farm in central Scotland credit B Stutt

COP26 and firefighters

27 Oct, 2021 By Denise Christie

You might have heard a lot about COP26 over the last few weeks, months and even years. Hosted in Glasgow, the climate change summit will see the world’s attention turn to the UK and Scotland in particular. But it maybe isn’t so clear what COP26 actually is, and how the issues it will cover relate to...

Firefighter magazine, October November 2021

21 Oct, 2021

The main focus of this issue of Firefighter is on climate change, illustrated by a photo essay showing the devastation caused by the increased flooding and wildfires in recent years, and the big implications of COP26 to firefighters. This year’s FBU photo competition winners are announced…

Firefighter magazine

Delegates at Labour conference, in the conference hall

Industrial issues the focus for FBU at Labour conference

23 Sep, 2021 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

The FBU is set to have a strong presence at Labour conference, with aims for the conference firmly organised around progressing member interests on vital issues. Through motions, speeches, events and conference stand the union is set to be at the heart of the conversation at conference, and is...

FBU sounds alarm over UN climate report

10 Aug, 2021 By Ben Duncan-Duggal

The FBU has joined the chorus of alarm at the UN’s latest climate report. Published yesterday, the report is the world’s largest ever report into climate change. It concludes that within the next two decades, temperatures are likely to rise by more than the vital 1.5C limit, bringing widespread...

California wildfires firefighters January 2019

Climate change is real

28 Dec, 2020 By Helen Hague

The ever-expanding wildfire season made a spectacular entrance when it arrived in California in the middle of the hottest August on record – when more than 11,000 dry lightning strikes tore down from the skies - sparking wildfires on parched vegetation. It is turning out to be a record-setting year...

Firefighter magazine, December 2020 January 2021

11 Dec, 2020

This issue features the union’s #FundTheFrontline campaign which launched on 4 November, asking the government to invest urgently in our fire and rescue service and the independent research into how firefighters are affected by contaminants, a ground-breaking project, jointly funded by UCLan and the...