Features "Like a bad dream": firefighters on the frontline in LA Helen Hague reports on the devastating wildfires that tore through Southern California in January On 7 January...
Features "The shift we'll never forget..." When a watch in Cleveland faced a medical emergency on shift, their teamwork proved to be life-saving. Steve Morgan...
News 'An attempted strike ban' The Westminster government has announced new authoritarian “minimum service levels” for the fire and rescue service...
Features 'If we don't fight we're dead' The FBU brought together activists to assess and learn from a struggle the government would rather ignore, Barrie...
Equalities 25 years of the national women’s committee Katie Holloway, chair of the FBU national women’s committee, looks back at a quarter of a century of work for women and...
Features 5% Still not enough FBU general secretary Matt Wrack explains the union’s strategy for achieving a fair pay offer Following an FBU campaign...
News 9,000 firefighters to receive compensation in pensions win As a result of legal action brought by the FBU, nearly 9,000 firefighters are set to receive government compensation of...
Sounding off A Hillsborough law Elkan Abrahamson is a solicitor and campaigner with Hillsborough Law Now Following the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, at...
Features A lasting legacy brought to light William Fraser, Aberdeen’s fallen firefighter, was remembered 113 years after his death in the line of duty. Jamie...
Equalities A momentous and significant move The country’s second largest fire service has approved maternity leave of 52 weeks on full pay. West Midlands brigade...
Features Accepting the offer and fighting on FBU general secretary Matt Wrack reflects on what the union learned from the recent pay dispute By now, most FBU...
Legal Beagle Accidents at work – know your rights Thompsons solicitors see first-hand the impact on workers (and their families) when management treat health and safety...
Meet the rep Adam McKenzie, Warwickshire B&EMM rep and Coleshill station rep What made you want to become a rep? We were facing significant changes within our fire and rescue service, and I wanted...
Gen Sec comment Advances we have made on pay are a victory for unity and democracy The period since the publication of the last Firefighter has been eventful. BARRY MARTIN The most sobering development...
Features Alive from the rubble In the early hours of 6 February, massive 7.8 magnitude earthquakes hit southern Turkey near the Syrian border...
Equalities All different, all equal policy National secretary Amit Malde, London secretary Corneil Power and national vice-chair Kasey LeGall of the FBU’s black...
Features All hands on deck... but can the service cope? This summer, two major wildfire incidents at opposite ends of England pushed firefighters to the limit. With fire...
Gen Sec comment An eventful year While the rest of the country tucks into their Christmas meal, or heads out for New Year's Eve, many FBU members will...
Features An oasis of socialism in a stately home Helen Hague celebrates the history and importance of Wortley Hall - built by aristocrats but now owned by the workers...
Features An opportunity to fight for change FBU general secretary Matt Wrack sets out what is at stake on 4 July Fourteen years of Conservative rule have brought...
News Andy Dark says farewell after 18 years as union’s assistant general secretary Andy Dark joined the London Fire Brigade on 17 August 1981 and was enrolled in the FBU the next day. He became a branch...
Features Anger can be power Gregor Gall, author of a new book on the politics and influence of Joe Strummer of the Clash, recalls his support for...
News Angry response as union rejects 2% pay ‘insult’ Firefighters across all workplaces, duty systems, ranks and roles have responded angrily to a 2% pay offer from fire...
Meet the rep Annabel Green: Women's Regional Secretary for London What made you want to become a rep? I'm naturally drawn towards helping people. I’ve been told I am “incredibly driven...
