Health and Safety

Northumberland firefighters have grave concerns at the scale of cuts announced by Northumberland County Council, saying they will have a significant impact on the level of risk facing the public and firefighters. Northumberland County Council announced cuts impacting across the entire county, with...

Firefighters in the West Midlands have warned they could be forced to take industrial action over plans to cut 300 firefighting posts, leaving the service understaffed, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. The proposed cuts to West Midlands Fire Service would mean the service would have to rely...

Plans to close Leicester Central fire station have been branded the ‘most dangerous’ of all the cuts proposals facing Leicestershire Fire and Rescue. The station responds to over 1500 calls a year in a growing city with a population of over 300,000. Watch Leicestershire FBU chair Graham Vaux explain...

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...

Extraordinary cuts could see 11 fire engines decommissioned and two fire stations close, with the only replacement for services being Tactical Response Vehicles – which carry less equipment and fewer firefighters. Oppose plans in Leicestershire to send what is nothing more than a ‘car with a jet...

Government proposals for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to take over management of the fire and rescue service would put public safety at risk, according to the Fire Brigades Union. The FBU’s comments come on the day its submission on the proposals was delivered to the Home Office. The...

Proposals to axe around 40 retained firefighters and close five retained fire stations have been branded ‘devastating’ for public safety in Cumbria and could lead to 15 minute delays to some emergencies. Under the proposals published by Cumbria County Council, retained fire stations in Staveley...

The fire and rescue service in Leicestershire is facing the biggest cuts in its history that will see firefighters struggle to their job effectively and safely. Extraordinary cuts could see 11 fire engines decommissioned and two fire stations close, with the only replacement for services being...

Burns victim Lucy Morgan, who was seriously injured after a bonfire accident in March 2014, has warned that cuts facing North Yorkshire Fire Service could have a disastrous effect on the service that saved her life. In a short video Lucy explains the cuts facing the fire and rescue service and how...