Health and Safety

London firefighters attended the scene of a serious fire in Hackney this morning after strikebreaking crews failed to properly extinguish the blaze when they tackled it last night. Local residents took dramatic pictures of the fire as it swept through a house in Malpas Road at around 7.00pm. A...

One in six firefighters jobs could be lost in East Sussex after the fire authority approved cuts on Thursday 5 June. The move will also see fire engines axed at the Preston Circus station in Brighton and The Ridge station in Hastings. A vigorous campaign organised by local Fire Brigade Union...

The refusal of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service to pay the nationally-agreed rate for overtime will ensure that local fire stations will close for even longer periods of time, firefighters have said. The Fire Brigades Union has revealed that after a decade of cuts, local stations are already...

Firefighters in the north west of England have passed a vote of no confidence in a control room set to open near Warrington that would deal with emergency calls for four brigades. The centre was originally part of the infamous ‘Fire Control’ project, which would have seen the replacement of 46...

Yesterday strike breakers lost control of a fire during a training exercise in Easingwold, North Yorkshire, causing the roof on their training centre to catch on fire, it has emerged. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service had to resort to calling in professional firefighters to work alongside...

A referendum should be held on Hereford and Worcester fire and rescue service’s plans to remove five fire engines and cut jobs, local firefighters have said. The local Fire Brigades Union said lives would be put at risk if plans to remove fire engines from stations in Hereford, Worcester, Ledbury...

Firefighters in Lincolnshire may take legal action over proposals that would see them driving patients to hospital in an ambulance, the Fire Brigades Union has announced. Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue and East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) have announced that ‘fire ambulances’ will be stationed...

Firefighters have expressed their “extreme concern” over Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service’s plans for this weekend’s strikes. Firefighters will walk out for three periods across the country over the weekend over “unsafe, unfair and unworkable” pensions proposals by central government. However...

Tyne and Wear fire authority have voted to remove a fire engine from both Swalwell and Wallsend fire stations. Dave Turner, local Fire Brigades Union secretary, said: “This is a very sad day for firefighters in Tyne and Wear, and the loss of both engines will lead to poorer attendance times and an...