Education & Training

Websites are like buses. You wait an age for one, then two come along at the same time. When the national FBU website was relaunched last week, the FBU Union Learning Fund upgraded their education and lifelong learning website as well. The new website has a sleek new feel with easy to access...

The focus of this year’s FBU national school, which took place at Wortley Hall near Sheffield earlier this month, was organising and campaigning for future challenges. This annual event gives the opportunity for members to learn how to organise in the workplace and improve industrial relations...

An East Sussex firefighter is very seriously ill in hospital following an incident during a breathing apparatus training session last Thursday, 25 June. The firefighter was on the fourth day of his initial breathing apparatus training when the incident occurred. He was immediately rushed to hospital...

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue have been accused of putting the lives of the public at risk by underhandedly sending their firefighters to medical emergency incidents that should be responded to by paramedics, the Fire Brigades Union has said. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue currently have only...

Firefighters in South Yorkshire have expressed serious safety concerns for the public and their members about plans to use them as emergency cover for the Yorkshire Ambulance Service. South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue currently have just 229 fire officers who have completed an Initial Emergency Care...