Environment

An influential House of Commons committee has agreed with the FBU that cuts to firefighter numbers could undermine future emergency responses to flooding. The Environmental Audit Committee used findings from the union’s Inundated: The lessons of recent flooding for the fire and rescue service report...

What Time to act on climate march Where Assemble point: Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London (more details here) When 12:30 gathering for set off at 1pm, rally from about 2.15 outside Parliament (Abingdon Street) Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, will join thousands of demonstrators this Saturday on the...

The Fire Brigades Union has published a report calling for major energy firms to be brought into public ownership in order to tackle the climate crisis and stop spiralling consumer costs. In It’s time to take over the big energy firms the FBU contributes to the debate over the future of the energy...

Responding to a reported increase in grassfires owing to hot temperatures, Fire Brigades Union General Secretary, Matt Wrack, said: “The heat this summer seems to have caused a worrying increase in grassfires and, as global temperatures increase as a result of climate change, this trend is likely to...

The Fire Brigades Union is supporting a new campaign the Energy Bill Revolution, which launches today. The campaign calls on the government to use the money it gets from carbon tax revenue to make UK homes super-energy efficient. One in four households can’t afford to heat their homes. Cold homes...

The Labour Research Department (LRD) is carrying out a new green reps survey for trade unions and the TUC. The FBU is supporting the survey and would like officials and members to complete the questionnaire as soon as possible. You can complete this survey on LRD’s website. The survey will provide a...