Grenfell Inquiry update 2: Residents speak out 23 Apr, 2021 Blog The GTI resumed on Monday 19 April after the Easter break. For the next three months, the inquiry will hear evidence about...
Their sights are trained on us 21 Apr, 2021 Blog Ministers and the fire service inspector have fired the opening shots in a campaign to force firefighters into a new and...
Grenfell Inquiry update 1: profiteering and de-regulation 26 Mar, 2021 Blog Each month we will be providing an update on the evidence coming out of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry. Since the Inquiry resumed...
#ChooseToChallenge every day - not just on International Women's Day 08 Mar, 2021 Blog International Women’s Day is a day to both celebrate women’s achievements and raise awareness of gender equality. Any trade...
40th anniversary of the New Cross fire tragedy 18 Jan, 2021 Blog On Sunday, Yvonne Ruddock should have celebrated her 56th birthday. Tragically, she never saw another one beyond her 16th. 40...
Unwavering tenacity – women firefighters in WW2 31 Dec, 2020 Blog Ella Jane Pollard, a firefighter’s daughter, wrote her university degree dissertation on women’s involvement in the British...
Climate change is real 28 Dec, 2020 Blog The ever-expanding wildfire season made a spectacular entrance when it arrived in California in the middle of the hottest...
Keeping you safe from cancer-causing contaminants 23 Dec, 2020 Blog New FBU-commissioned research exposes the deadly risk toxic contaminants pose to firefighters. Every firefighter knows a...
The English Channel must not become a graveyard for children' 28 Oct, 2020 Blog When I heard of the deaths of two children and two adults in the English Channel on Tuesday, my first thought was: ‘did I...
Covid has exposed the folly of austerity - there is another way 14 Oct, 2020 Blog Fifteen years ago, more than 200 firefighters were deployed to respond to a terrorist attack in London. Firefighters used...
