Meet the rep Meet the rep - Storms Mensi BEMM rep Region 12 1. What made you want to become a rep? Overall, my decision to become a rep is driven by a combination of personal...
Meet the rep Meet the rep - Wayne Anderson, North East 1. What made you want to become a rep? The pension dispute. Our officials at the time were touring branches organising...
Meet the rep Meet the rep: Emma Polley, Essex fire control 1. What made you want to become a rep? The current rep left the service, and control were heading into the biggest...
News MEMBERS VOTE TO ACCEPT PAY DEAL Firefighters and control room staff have voted to accept a pay offer from fire service employers; 73% accepted on a...
Features Members’ message came back clear We are in the middle of a national strike ballot on pay. The first in over 20 years. The importance and significance of...
Features Mental health emergency It is time to talk about mental health in the fire service. Riccardo la Torre introduces the union’s latest mental...
Features Mental health: your story matters The FBU and University of Central Lancashire are calling for all serving UK fire service staff to fill out a survey of...
News Merseyside members vote on action short of strike Merseyside FBU members are being balloted on industrial action short of a strike over attacks on their terms and...
News MP joins calls for rethink on cuts that ‘simply don’t add up’ Dorset and Wiltshire FBU has launched local campaigns across the region, calling on councillors and the fire authority...
News Mural honours two who died in line of duty A mural honouring firefighters Billy Faust and Adam Meere, who lost their lives responding to a fire in Bethnal Green...
Features Musk versus workers As UK politicians start to echo Trump and Musk’s attacks on public sector workers, Eric Blanc writes on how workers are...
News Nationwide anti-austerity strikes in France French unions, including public sector unions representing firefighters, have organised nationwide strikes against...
Features Neurodiverse members are organising Employers have a duty to ensure that workplaces are accessible to all, says FBU assistant general secretary Ben Selby...
Features Never walk alone FBU members in Manchester met with the Trade Union Blues, a group of football fans taking on profiteering club owners...
News New FBU vice president Southern region executive council member Steve Wright was elected to the role of vice president and took up this...
Gen Sec comment New flagship campaign At our annual conference in May, more than 100 delegates came together to debate the FBU’s campaigns and activities for...
Features New heights: a firefighter's journey to the Himalayas Steve Morgan spoke to Welsh firefighter Rhys Fitzgerald as he gears up to raise money for charity by climbing Mount...
News New inspector remains wedded to flawed white paper ‘reforms’ The FBU has expressed disappointment with the most recent State of Fire and Rescue annual report, which, it said...
What’s new New technology in London control In March, London Fire Brigade introduced new equipment which allows members of the public to use their phone cameras to...
Equalities No LGB Without the T: solidarity in the face of attacks The FBU’s LGBT+ section stands in full solidarity with our trans and non-binary siblings, writes interim LGBT+ national...
News North Yorkshire firefighters speak out against proposed cuts FBU members have serious concerns about a raft of proposed cuts that will put public safety at risk. They include...
Gen Sec comment Now is the time to make your voice heard Two days before this magazine went to print, after a wait of more than one year, the Westminster government finally...
Features On the right side Discrimination, harassment and abuse are a threat to health and safety, just like contaminants and unsafe working...
Features Our fight for decent pensions FBU general secretary Matt Wrack looks back at the history of the FBU’s recent campaigns on firefighters’ pensions...
