Concordat podcast

Work begins on firefighter health Concordat

The first meeting of the government's firefighter health and wellbeing task and finish group has taken place, marking the start of work to develop a national Concordat for the and rescue service. The programme was announced by then health secretary Wes Streeting in April as part of wider government...

Red Notice April 2026

Front cover Red Notice April 2026
The April 2026 edition of Red Notice, a monthly newsletter for FBU members sharing the latest updates from the union's campaigning work.

Red Notice March 2026

Front cover Red Notice March 2026
The March 2026 edition of Red Notice, a monthly newsletter for FBU members sharing the latest updates from the union's campaigning work.

A huge fire rages across multiple apartment blocks

High rise fire in Hong Kong

Over 146 people are known to have died in a huge fire across multiple apartment blocks in Hong Kong. The fire broke out at at Wang Fuk Court, a residential housing complex, on Wednesday 26 November. Flames were first spotted at 14:52 local time, and had spread to two more towers within ninety...
Old photos of Jeff Simspon

Tipping point: Anne's story

My husband was the first UK firefighter to have his death from cancer officially recorded as caused by the job. Now I’m fighting for a legal precedent that could force employers to act, writes Anne Davies My husband Jeff Simpson was a wonderful man. He joined the London Fire Brigade in 1983 before...
Firefighters behind a picket line brazier hold up a placard reading "modern service, ancient pay"

Where is the resilience?

Spring and summer this year were both record-breaking. Droughts and high temperatures created the perfect conditions for wildfires. Meanwhile, austerity has undermined the ability of the fire service to respond and a lack of national standards means that it’s pot luck how good your local fire cover...
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Culpable

A tower block fire in the nineties should have alerted politicians to the dangers of deregulation – instead they allowed homes to become ticking time bombs. Paul Hampton uncovers a web of complicity and deceit in the new FBU book on the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire  On 5 April 1991, fire...
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