News Wealth tax not welfare cuts, says FBU The Fire Brigades Union has urged the government to change course after chancellor Rachel Reeves committed to cutting...
Sounding off Wear a white ribbon Ben Selby explains how men in the fire and rescue service can take part in White Ribbon Day this year The White Ribbon...
Gen Sec comment Welcome to the new look Firefighter Thanks to everyone who filled in the survey and gave us valuable insights into what you want from the union’s magazine...
Legal Beagle What does the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act mean for members? Neil Todd, partner, trade union law group, Thompsons Solicitors, explains The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act...
What’s new What's new? Fighting fire with fire Our new column looking at developments in the jobs of firefighters Though once relatively rare in the UK, the strength...
Features What’s next in protecting the right to strike? FBU national officer Riccardo la Torre says a united movement of resistance can render the anti-strike law inoperable...
Gen Sec comment Where is the resilience? Spring and summer this year were both record-breaking. Droughts and high temperatures created the perfect conditions...
Features Who is to blame for the Grenfell Tower fire? Mark Rowe, FBU national officer explains how the public inquiry hearings concluded and what happens next The Grenfell...
Features Who's in charge? The government has announced that Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners will be scrapped. FBU general secretary Steve...
News Why we need water back in public hands The Fire Brigades Union has joined calls for the government to bring water into public ownership, to ensure the clean...
Features Why we rallied Will Stone listened to the speeches and spoke to firefighters at the FBU’s national rally about why they attended LEONI...
What’s new Wildfire simulator Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) has recently implemented a wildfire simulator created by firefighter and FBU...
Features Winning the game of life Firefighter Gavin Marshall, a brigade secretary for Humberside and regional treasurer, was the first European to play...
News Winter fuel allowance Trade unions are pushing for Labour to reverse plans to cut the winter fuel allowance, branding the policy “cruel and...
Features Without a political voice, firefighters will not be heard Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, explains why the union is preparing for the next general election Firefighters and...
News Wrack refutes Covid slur Giving evidence to the Westminster Parliament’s home affairs select committee, FBU general secretary Matt Wrack refuted...
Features Young workers organise! Firefighter catches up with FBU activists at the union’s first Young Members’ School this summer Recep (Aj) HAWKINS...
News ‘A potential death trap’ Government plans to house asylum seekers on board the Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge have come under fire from...
News ‘Climate crisis is here’ – but cuts impacting efforts to combat unprecedented wildfires Firefighters battled a wildfire in late May near Cannich, south of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. Some 15 square...
News ‘Critical failure’ warning over cuts plan Firefighters in Hampshire and Isle of Wight are calling for councillors to scrap “dangerous” plans to cut 30...
News ‘Include control staff in royal medal award’, FBU tells Home Office The FBU has called out the Home Office for ‘disrespecting’ fire control staff by excluding them from the criteria for...
Features ‘It’s a major disaster waiting to happen’ FBU members were at the sharp end of things as deadly floods hit the UK once again. Barrie Clement reports Firefighters...
News ‘Listen to firefighters’ FBU tells government More than a year after initial consultation on its white paper for the fire and rescue service in England, the...
Equalities ‘Much has been achieved – but there is still a way to go’ Ronnie Stanley retired from his job in April after 42 years fighting fires – and for more than 20 of them working to...
