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The 2002–2003 UK firefighter dispute was a period of nationwide strike action which began when the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) voted to strike in an attempt to secure better salaries. The FBU demanded a 39 percent increase in pay, which would have brought the average firefighter's wage to around £30,000 (equivalent to £61,642 in 2023).
Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service was called to the semi-detached house on School Street, Stoke-by-Nayland, just before 18:45 GMT on Friday. Crews have been using four hose reel jets and an aerial ...
The fire at London's Somerset House has been brought under control with the help of around 125 firefighters, who were deployed Saturday to battle the blaze at the historic venue, known for housing ...
Mary McCool - BBC Scotland News November 6, 2024 at 5:36 AM Firefighters says they responded to more than 1,000 calls on Bonfire Night with crews "bombarded" by missiles and fireworks.
Firefighters had difficulties fighting the fire and the coroner's report stated that Bannon and Shears had died after being exposed to "sudden exposure to initially intense heat from 20.38 to 20.41 and thereafter to excessive heat while dealing with a fire in a flat on the 9th floor of the high-rise tower block Shirley Towers". [13] [14] David ...
Additionally, changes to central government, local government, and geographical boundaries have affected the fire service in the UK. The fire service in England consists of local authority brigades or FRSs, which come under the administrative control of metropolitan and shire, or county fire authorities (e.g. Essex County Fire and Rescue Service).
Wildfire response across the UK is an under-resourced "postcode lottery", claims a new union report. UK unready as wildfires surge, warns firefighters' union Skip to main content
Forty pumps and 225 firefighters from the London Fire Brigade attended a large fire on Wanstead Flats and Leyton Flats, part of Epping Forest on the 15 July 2018. 110 calls were made to the fire service and the fire burnt 100 hectares (247 acres). 100 firefighters had to remain for two days to dampen down the ground. The fire was a threat to a ...