Red Notice August 2026
25 years of the national women’s committee
Katie Holloway, chair of the FBU national women’s committee, looks back at a quarter of a century of work for women and forward to the future The National Women’s Committee (NWC) was inaugurated in 1999, at a one-off special meeting at Wortley Hall near Sheffield. The meeting gathered women...
Wildfire simulator
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (LFRS) has recently implemented a wildfire simulator created by firefighter and FBU member Luke Butterworth. The simulator is an advance in training techniques for wildfires and other results of climate change. The simulator works by creating a 3D topographical map...
Neurodiverse members are organising
Employers have a duty to ensure that workplaces are accessible to all, says FBU assistant general secretary Ben Selby People with minds and bodies of all kinds and functions work in fire stations and control rooms. The fire and rescue service is neurodiverse, as is our union. But employers are...
What's new? Fighting fire with fire
Our new column looking at developments in the jobs of firefighters Though once relatively rare in the UK, the strength and number of wildfires in recent years has increased dramatically, rising to nearly 24,000 in 2022, double the number of the previous year. Due to the large spike in grass and...
Disabled and neurodivergent members’ forum
Calling all disabled and neurodivergent members Equality is a trade union principle and is a priority for the FBU. A core part of that commitment is to give a voice to under-represented groups in our union. Following discussion at conference 2023, we are beginning to better understand how we can...
