The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has today announced that tens of thousands of firefighters and control room staff across the UK will be balloted on whether to strike over pay. The FBU has said ...
Firefighters have become the latest public sector union to vote for strike action as last-ditch talks failed to avert a walkout on Wednesday by teachers in England and Wales. Members of the Fire ...
The threat of a national strike by firefighters moved a step closer today when union leaders agreed a ballot for industrial action in an increasingly bitter row over pay. Around 55,000 ...
The ballot saw more than 80 per cent of members back industrial action across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Of the strikes, the government said the threat of action would be ...
Oxfordshire has the ninth slowest firefighter response times in the UK according to a new study. Claims.co.uk researchers used Home Office data to analyse the call handling times, crew turnout ...
The long running firefighters dispute finally came to an end today when union leaders accepted a 16% pay deal. The Fire Brigades Union decided to bring the nine month long row to a close, ending ...
Norfolk firefighters, who could be on the brink of their first strike action over pay in 20 years, say they have been "pushed into a corner" by a pay offer they branded "an insult". Details of a ...
The sheriff's office reports that the unaccounted person has been located. The Corbin Fire Department says Captain Eric Philpot was airlifted to the University of Kentucky Hospital after he ...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY — As South Sioux City's population grows and the number of calls for emergency assistance climbs, city officials say the number of full-time firefighters the city employs needs ...
“We are incredibly grateful to our city councilmembers for voting to support the health and wellbeing of our more than 500 firefighters and their families in the event they have to face medical ...