The Fire Brigades Union has responded to the Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services State of Fire and Rescue 2022 report. Matt Wrack, the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union, said: ‘The FBU is disappointed with the…
Firefighters and control staff strike ballot opens
A strike ballot for firefighters and control staff opened on Monday, 5 December. Firefighters and control staff are being balloted on potential strike action on a ‘derisory’ 5% pay offer. That pay offer had recently been rejected by FBU members in a…
Plaque unveiled for Northern Ireland firefighters killed by building collapse
A plaque has been unveiled for two Northern Ireland firefighters who died in the line of duty. The plaque was unveiled close to the 51st anniversary of their deaths, on Sunday, 20 November 2022. Leonard McCartney and Lexie Wylie were killed…
Firefighter’s son remembers his father at 50th Anniversary of Maryhill Road, Glasgow fire
Stephen McGill was only nine years old when his firefighter dad died in the line of duty. His father, Adrian McGill, was tackling a fire on Glasgow’s Maryhill Road. On 18 November 1972, crews were called out to a fire…
New: fire and rescue bosses have used controversial ‘retire and rehire’ practice
New data shows that a controversial practice that allows fire service bosses to dodge tax has been used in 13 fire and rescue services. The government has formally discouraged the practice in England. The practice involves predominantly senior fire officers…