Firefighter magazine December 2023 January 2024
Saving today's lives. Honouring yesterday's dead
The Firefighters 100 Lottery makes possible the FBU’s red plaques commemorating firefighters who have died in the line of duty and its DECON campaign to save lives in the future Dundee firefighters celebrated the lives of two of their own – when red plaques were unveiled in April for the...
New plaques unveiled for Dundee firefighters killed in line of duty
New plaques unveiled for Dundee firefighters killed in line of duty Two plaques have been unveiled at Blackness Road Fire Station in Dundee to commemorate the sacrifice of two firefighters of the Angus Area Fire Brigade who died in the line of duty 61 years ago. John Jamieson Buist died at a fire at...
FBU makes £10,000 donation to Syria and Turkey earthquake appeal
The Firefighters100 fund, set up and run by the Fire Brigades Union, has made a £10,000 donation to the Syria and Turkey earthquake fund to provide humanitarian assistance to those affected by the disaster. Dozens of UK firefighters – many of them FBU members – have travelled to the affected area in...
It was self-sacrifice on an almost indescribable scale
The latest red plaques to be unveiled honour the bravery, service, humanity and selflessness of firefighters who gave their lives in the line of duty over more than a century Half a century ago, fire spread from a disused paint shop in Glasgow, ripping through nearby buildings. Battling through fire...
Contaminants and the risk to firefighters
The FBU’s research project collaboration with the University of Central Lancashire (UClan), formed the focus of a segment on Inside Out on BBC One on Monday 30 September. A number of serving and retired firefighters who are living with cancer were interviewed about their experiences and the FBU's...
JACKPOT! More ways to win the Firefighters 100 Lottery than ever before
There are more chances to win in the Firefighters 100 Lottery than ever before, with new changes to prize structures coming in next month. Each week, there will three tiers of guaranteed winners, so that more than 70 people can take home a prize. Launched to mark the FBU’s centenary last year, the...
Fire stations sound sirens for Firefighters Memorial Day 2019
Sirens will sound at fire stations across the country tomorrow at midday, to commence a minute’s silence for Firefighters Memorial Day. Communities are asked to join firefighters outside their local fire station to honour the more than 2,300 firefighters who have lost their lives. A wreath will be...
