Firefighter April May 2025
Call for firefighter health monitoring
Steve Wright, FBU general secretary, has written to the department of health and the home office calling for urgent health checks for firefighters following the latest research into the impact of exposure to fire contaminants. In January, the University of Central Lancashire found that 136 of the...
Meet the general secretary
Steve Wright, the union’s newly elected general secretary, sat down with Francis Beckett to discuss his fire service background, politics, and what’s next Last year Steve Wright’s son became a third generation operational firefighter. “For all my early life we lived in the shadow of a fire station...
70 firefighters rally against shift pattern changes in Gloucestershire
Firefighters from across Gloucestershire have gathered at a mass meeting in opposition to the county council forcing through “unjustifiable” changes to their working hours. 70 firefighters attended a meeting called by the Fire Brigades Union at Gloucester North fire station yesterday, voting to...
Fire union leader calls for government to protect firefighter health in letter to minister
Steve Wright, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), has written to minister Andrew Gwynne calling for urgent health checks for firefighters following the latest research into the impact of exposure to fire contaminants. In January, the University of Central Lancashire found that 136 of...
