Firefighters descend on Westminster to defend the fire and rescue service
What: Firefighters’ lobby of parliament Where: Committee room 14, Palace of Westminster, SW1A 0AA (via Cromwell Green – visitors entrance) When: 1 – 2pm Wednesday 14 October 2015 Firefighters from all over the country are coming to the Houses of Parliament tomorrow (14 October) to lobby members of...
‘Huge step backwards’ as home safety fire checks at risk from cuts
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have today condemned plans to restrict universal preventative fire safety home checks to only those deemed ‘high-risk’. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) have axed the universal aspect of the vital, fire prevention work firefighters do. The FBU fears that other...
Fire emergency response times in Milton Keynes to ‘double’, firefighters warn
Attendance times to fires and other emergencies could double in Milton Keynes as plans are revealed to merge two fire stations. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) have warned that public safety could be put in jeopardy if Buckingham and Milton Keynes Fire Authority’s plans to relocate frontline...
Essex firefighters welcome chief’s new ‘open and transparent’ approach
Essex firefighters have today welcomed Essex County Fire and Rescue’s (ECFRS) public commitment to an open and transparent examination of statistics compiled by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) on the numbers of fire deaths, home fires and casualties in Essex that buck the national downward trend. As a...
“Dangerous” plans to cut frontline fire services condemned by Gloucestershire firefighters
Firefighters in Gloucestershire have reacted with anger at the announcement of “dangerous” plans to close Painswick Fire Station and cut frontline services at Cirencester Fire Station. The plans to cut budgets by £2M over three years were published by Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue in their...
1/3 fire services earmarked for axe as Leicestershire faces ‘unprecedented’ cuts
Leicestershire’s fire service is facing ‘unprecedented’ budget cuts that will put the public at risk, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has said. The county’s Combined Fire Authority (CFA) have published proposals to close Central and Kibworth fire stations, remove 11 fire engines, and cut 194 frontline...
FBU member receives £108,000 in compensation after accident on duty
A firefighter from Louth, Lincolnshire has received £108,000 in compensation after an accident at work left him with a permanent shoulder injury. At the time of the accident, the firefighter was part of a team responding to a call where a lorry that was transporting pigs had turned over...
Norfolk firefighters warn of longer response times as fire service faces further cuts
Norfolk firefighters say the scale of Government cuts will put lives and property in the county at significantly increased risk saying it will take longer for them to get to emergencies. Yesterday Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service (NFRS) published their 2015 Integrated Risk Management Plan (IRMP)...
