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“Proud to lead the way”: Firefighter cancer monitoring project launched in Newcastle returns
100 firefighters to be tested for cancer and other health issues in Tyne and Wear as part of a national firefighter health monitoring research project, commissioned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and carried out by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan). Firefighters are not currently...
Charity football helps fund DECON tests after bosses decline aid
More than 100 West Midlands firefighters took part in the latest DECON research in October, with health testing carried out by the University of Central Lancashire. Results will be used to detect cancers and other diseases at an early stage, and to identify evidence linking occupational cancers with...
Union warns of “catastrophe” as hundreds of firefighters gather to launch Firefighters' Manifesto
Today, Wednesday 1 November, hundreds of firefighters and control staff will assemble in Westminster to launch a new ‘Firefighters’ Manifesto’. As the country recovers from flooding, and braces for the realities of climate change, the union warned that politicians must “listen to the voice of the...
Firefighters fund cancer testing following “appalling neglect” from government and bosses
West Midlands firefighters to be tested for cancer and other health issues as part of a UK-wide firefighter health monitoring research project, commissioned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and carried out by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Firefighters are currently not provided with...
Scottish firefighters participate in “ground-breaking” health trials
Hundreds of firefighters to be tested for cancer and other health issues in Scotland as part of a UK-wide firefighter health monitoring research project, commissioned by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and carried out by the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) Firefighters are currently not...
“Dangerous” Breathing Apparatus policy in doubt as Health and Safety Executive investigates
New Breathing Apparatus policy puts lives in danger, says FBU Health and Safety Executive agrees to investigate after union pressure FBU calls on firefighters not to comply with proposed practice The Fire Brigades Union has today welcomed moves by the Health and Safety Executive to investigate a new...
Meet the rep - Scott MacRory, H&S Scotland
1. What made you want to become a rep? I was ‘encouraged’ to become a rep by an existing area/brigade official on my station who I had been questioning over things I didn’t feel were right within the service. He saw an opportunity for me to channel that frustration into something which would give me...
Breathing apparatus win as Health and Safety Executive agrees to investigate
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has said that it will assess the safety of the National Fire Chiefs Council proposal to allow firefighters to be deployed beyond the bridgehead wearing their breathing apparatus (BA), but not under air. The FBU publicly criticised the HSE last month for failing...
