Publications

The FBU held its 91st conference in June 2018 in Brighton. You can download the report of proceedings via this page.

The Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017 was one of the most appalling tragedies of recent times and one which I and others have described as an atrocity. This is the worst fire in terms of fi re deaths within living memory in the UK. Police announced in November 2017 that 71 victims had been...

The Labour Party have recently gone through a review process that has looked at Party democracy. This was an extensive review and sought submissions from members, CLPs and affiliates alike. The Executive Council has held several discussions around this, and felt it was important that the FBU took an...

Record of decisions from the 2018 Fire Brigades Union conference.

As the Grenfell Tower Inquiry got under way the FIre Brigades Union thought it helpful to create a brief guide to introduce reporters to firefighting terms. You can download the briefing via this page.

This month's Firefighter magazine reports from the annual FBU conference where the Grenfell Tower fire took centre stage during a debate hailed as one of the most poweruful in union history. Read up on the debate and the other key moments from conference. Elsewhere in the magazine Dave Green...

The Fire Brigades Union has won another significant legal victory for retained firefighters and you can read all about it in the latest edition of Alerter magazine. Fire Authority's must now treat all elements of pay that make up a retained firefighter's salary as pensionable. This include the...

Further cuts to vital firefighter jobs are still being forced through despite the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire, according to new figures obtained by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).

You can download via this page the final judgement in the High Court case between the FBU and South Yorkshire Fire Authority which ruled the use of CLose Proximity Crewing, where firefighters had to work 96 hours continuosly, was unlawful.

You can download via this page the final agenda for FBU conference 2018.