Transportation of casualties in fire service vehicles

Conference notes that some employers in services throughout the UK are imposing changes outside the agreed collective bargaining agreements, which include instructing crews to transport casualties at incidents on fire appliances. This is to include during periods of industrial action by UK Ambulance Services striking for fair pay with whom the Fire Brigades Union stands in solidarity.

Conference accepts this idea is dangerous and is an attempt to broaden the role of a firefighter.

Conference instructs the Executive Council to utilise the National Joint Council to ensure this practice stops and to support the relevant brigade committees to fight this issue industrially.