Health and Safety

Delegates at the Fire Brigades Union’s 89 th conference debated the issue of unsafe duty systems. Neil Carbutt, brigade secretary of the FBU in South Yorkshire, highlighted the dangers of close proximity crewing (CPC) and reported on a successful employment tribunal that concluded the 96-hour shift...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and its national learning centre have secured funding to organise adult apprenticeships in personal training for firefighters in England. The apprenticeship will enable firefighters to become qualified fitness advisers, to maintain a healthy lifestyle and stay fitter...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Gloucestershire has slammed senior managers in the county’s fire and rescue service for “suspending” full-time fire cover at Cirencester fire station, despite a public consultation into the future of fire cover at this station being inconclusive. Fire cover in...

As the Government announces the longest 999 response times to fires in England in two decades, the FBU claims the ever lengthening time it takes for fire crews to arrive are a direct result of ‘life-threatening cuts’. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) published their Fire...

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Gloucestershire will be stepping up their campaign against cuts to the local fire and rescue service this weekend. Gloucestershire County Council are planning a series of cuts to the frontline fire service which local firefighters say are dangerous and will...

Firefighters have condemned recent attacks on fire crews around Bonfire Night, Halloween and other public festivals and events. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has also warned that a downward trend in such attacks over recent years could be undermined or reversed if the neutrality of firefighters is...