Fatalities

The Fire Brigades Union has sent a message of solidarity to firefighters in France, following the horrific terrorist attacks last week in Paris. Seven coordinated terror attacks left 129 people dead and hundreds injured. In the message Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, says firefighters in the UK...

The decision by London Mayor Boris Johnson to close a fire station last year may have led to the death of an elderly man in a fire yesterday, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. Yesterday morning (Monday 26 October) a fire broke out at a property in Camden Road but firefighters from Kentish Town...

Essex firefighters are striking again today (Tuesday 1 September) on the day before Essex fire authority meets to discuss its public consultation on the largest frontline cuts ever to Essex Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS). The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) says the cuts are being driven through despite...

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...

Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said: “The Fire Brigades Union is deeply saddened by the loss of at least 39 firefighters in a warehouse explosion in the Chinese city of Tianjin. With many more firefighters still unaccounted for, and the number of deaths likely to rise, our thoughts are with the...

Firefighter leaders have challenged claims by London Fire Brigade (LFB) bosses that the number of fire deaths has ‘halved’ in London over the last five years. Figures published today show that 30 people died as a result of fires in London during the year 2014-15. This, says the brigade, represents a...

Firefighters will today remember their comrade Richard Jenkins who died 11 years ago whilst tackling a fire in Cardiff. Richard Jenkins was the first firefighter to enter a building on fire at Newgale Place Ely, Cardiff in the early hours of Sunday 23 May 2004. He was caught in an explosion when a...