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Firefighters warn lives are 'at risk' due to staff reduction

Merseyside firefighters are considering industrial action

Liverpool Echo

Firefighter sacked for speaking out to support Brexit wins £8,000

Paul Embery is now a presenter on GB News

Wales Online

Firefighters in England say 100-hour weeks to pay bills are ‘gamble with safety’

Emergency service at ‘breaking point’ as union ballots over 2% pay award

The Guardian - UK

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Firefighters could strike as union holds ballot on industrial action amid 'real terms pay cut'

Firefighters and control room staff were offered a two per cent pay rise in June, way below the inflation rate of 10.1% recorded in July

Chronicle Live

Thousands of firefighters to ballot for strike action over pay

The Fire Brigades Union said 32,500 of its members across the UK will vote in the next few weeks

Liverpool Echo

Thousands of firefighters and control room staff could go on strike over pay

"There is huge anger among firefighters at falling pay."

Manchester Evening News

Firefighters and control room staff to be balloted for strikes over pay

The Fire Brigades Union said the move follows a 2% pay offer made in June, which has not been increased despite the soaring rate of inflation.

The Independent UK

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Firefighters and control room staff to vote on strike action

Firefighters could walk out in a protest over pay

Wales Online

Firefighters who died in Glasgow's Kilbirnie Street fire honoured 50 years on

New plaque pays tribute to the seven firefighters who perished in a rescue operation after a blaze broke out in the Sher Brothers warehouse in Kilbirnie Street in August 1972.

Glasgow Live

Firefighter numbers in England down 20% since 2010, analysis shows

Exclusive: Scale of the cuts risks lives and homes as firefighters find themselves on the frontline of the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

‘Their sacrifices are not forgotten’: Kilbirnie Street fire tribute planned

FBU Scotland will this month unveil a plaque in commemoration of those firefighters who lost their lives in the Kilbirnie Street fire 50 years ago

The National (Scotland)

Nottinghamshire fire service planning for strike action as 2% pay rise rejection 'likely to cause problems'

'My key message really is to my workforce is that whatever action our workforce takes that needs to be done with respect'

Nottingham Post

Fears frontline firefighters will strike at same time as support staff

A 2 pc pay offer was rejected, but negotiations are ongoing

Manchester Evening News

Firefighters 'at breaking point' because of slashed jobs, pay cuts and heatwave chaos

The London Fire Brigade had its busiest day since World War Two on Tuesday, dealing with more than 1,146 incidents and taking 2,670 calls and campaigners warn more could follow

Daily Mirror

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Daily Mirror

Fire chief makes grim warning for future after 'game-changing, brutal' day

Dave Walton, Deputy Chief Fire Officer (DCFO) for West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said Tuesday's unprecedented number of fires was a "wake-up" call and will not be a one off

Wales Online

Firefighters’ union claims Government attacking pay and conditions

Fire Brigades Union says ministers have a 'scandalous' approach while its members face a cost-of-living crisis

The Independent UK

Significant move on firefighters’ safety – FBU

A union has welcomed the declaration that occupational exposure as a firefighter has been classified as carcinogenic.

Wales Online

Firefighters could go on strike in row over pay

"We will now consider all options, including strike action"

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Evening Standard

Firefighters could strike over ‘insulting’ 2% pay rise offer

The executive of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is recommending rejection of the offer, which it said is well below the soaring rate of inflation.

The Independent UK

Fire union chief not hopeful Grenfell inquiry will lead to change

Matt Wrack said the inquiry has been a machinery for ‘kicking the can down the road’.

Manchester Evening News

The Manchester firefighter who died in the line of duty answering a call from one of the city's busiest stations

John Ogden has been remembered with the installation of a Fire Brigades Union Red Plaque

Manchester Evening News

Bitter dispute ends as Greater Manchester's firefighters agree to respond to terror attacks

'Our members go to work to save lives and will want to do so wherever they can, no matter how dire or threatening the circumstances'

Bristol Post

Avon firefighters to be asked to respond to cardiac arrests following their assistance over the pandemic

Fire Brigades Union opposes the "medical PR con"

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