Equalities Fire chiefs must not be allowed to mark own homework on equality Kasey LeGall, interim secretary of the Black and Ethnic Minority Members section (B&EMM) on fire service culture...
News Fire leaves Home Office as government accepts Grenfell recommendations Government responsibility for the fire and rescue service moved from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing...
News Fire service pay The FBU wrote to fire service employers on 6 December to commence discussions on pay as quickly as possible to ensure a...
News Firefighters assist at scene of terrorist attack Firefighters were mobilised in response to the terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester, which took place on the...
News Firefighters demand better at TUC demo Thousands of workers, including firefighters, took to the streets on Saturday 18 June at the TUC demo demanding a new...
News Firefighters demand end to cuts in Scotland Firefighters in Scotland are fighting back against proposed cuts following over a decade of underfunding by the...
News Firefighters from across Europe discuss DECON FBU work on cancer in firefighters was the focus of a Europe-wide meeting of firefighters and their representatives...
News Firefighters hit back at ‘unfair’ shifts Gloucestershire firefighters are fighting back against changes to their working hours forced through by the county...
News Firefighters raise safety concerns after flat fire Firefighters in Scotland have raised safety concerns over cuts to specialist appliances for fighting high-rise fires...
News Firefighters rally against crew reductions Cambridgeshire firefighters organised a rally outside a meeting of the Cambridgeshire fire authority on 4 October...
News Firefighters rally over ‘direct entry’ station manager post A campaign has taken off in Oxfordshire against “direct entry”, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) scheme that...
News Firefighters remembered Hundreds of people attended a ceremony at Hereford cathedral on 13 May in a moving tribute to John Davies and David...
News Firefighters' Memorial Day 4 May 2022 Please send your fire station photos from Firefighters Memorial Day 2022 to [email protected]
What’s new Firefighting Robots The first ‘firefighting robots’ to reach UK shores are being trialled in several fire and rescue services. West...
Features For peace and workers' rights A delegation of trade unionists led by the Justice for Colombia campaign travelled to Colombia this November. National...
Sounding off Forever chemicals in our PPE Alex Forrest, Canadian trustee of the International Association of Firefighters, on the next battle in the war of...
Features From Dundee to Nablus Vital humanitarian aid is stuck in customs while Palestinian firefighters face injury through lack of PPE. Helen Hague...
Features From the station floor to union HQ Ben Selby, the union’s newly elected assistant general secretary, and his friend and colleague Shaun Yates talk to...
Features Gaza's first responders: a life of fire and rubble In the Gaza Strip, where the relentless grind of war has erased homes, neighbourhoods, and almost entire cities...
Gen Sec comment Getting to work Newly elected FBU general secretary Steve Wright introduces the first edition of Firefighter magazine under his...
Sounding off Government fuels human trafficking Labour peer Alf Dubs says the government’s policies on immigration are fuelling human trafficking The government’s...
News Government in court again The FBU, with other public service unions as interested parties, recently took the government to court yet again over...
Features Government plans court disaster Plans to silence the voice of frontline firefighters and to weaken their ability to protect their pay and conditions...
News Government publishes workers’ rights package On Thursday 10 October, the government unveiled its Employment Rights Bill. The legislation, which will now begin its...
