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FBU national officer Tam McFarlane speaks with FBU officials, bringing you updates on the Health and Safety Summit, Cuts Kill, and Women’s TUC Conference.

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From talks by scientists, engineers and trade unionists to a landmark commitment from the Secretary of State for Health, this summit marks a turning point in the fight for better protections for our members.

Over two days, FBU reps and leading experts shared vital knowledge and took a major step forward for firefighter health and safety.

Wes Streeting has committed to this being in place in 2027.

This follows weeks of negotiations by FBU general secretary Steve Wright and national officer Adam Taylor.

🚨 BREAKING: Today at our first-ever FBU health and safety summit, the Secretary of State for Health, Wes Streeting, announced national health monitoring for firefighters.

This means cancers and other diseases will be detected sooner, ultimately protecting firefighters from preventable ill health.

Former President of the Manitoba IAFF, Alex Forrest, and Mick Tisbury, firefighter and PFAS spokesperson from the Australian UFU, shared their learnings from campaigning for presumptive legislation and cancer recognition in firefighters.

FBU reps have had an incredible morning hearing from firefighters and trade unionists in Canada and Australia, and Professor Anna Stec, leading scientist on fire chemistry and toxicology.

🔥 The first-ever FBU health and safety summit has officially started.

Over the next 24 hours, reps and leading experts will confront the challenges firefighters face, share knowledge and strengthen our collective approach.

Strike threat successful. ✅

Cuts stopped ✅

Fighting back is the only way ✅

Up the workers! Well done Oxfordshire @fbunational.bsky.social.

#StrikeMap

🚨 BREAKING: FBU WIN in Oxfordshire

FBU members have been campaigning for months against dangerous proposals for cuts by Oxfordshire County Council.

Firefighters' duty is to protect the public – and that is exactly what members have done.

When FBU members fight back, we win.

The FBU is backing the National Housing Demo.

For too long, governments have prioritised private developers' and landlords' profits over the public's need for affordable, safe housing.

We’ll be in central London this Saturday to demand that the government takes action.

This is why FBU members are campaigning for regular health screenings and proper compensation and recognition for occupational disease.

🚨 Firefighters in HIWFRS responded to a lithium-ion battery explosion yesterday, an emerging risk that poses serious risks to crews.

Li-ion battery fires release toxic gases linked to cancer, compounding the already elevated exposure firefighters face to carcinogenic contaminants.

We've invited former Manitoba IAFF President, Alex Forrest, to the first-ever FBU Health and Safety Summit to share how Canadian firefighters won presumptive legislation.

Firefighters are dying of cancer at 1.6 times the rate of the general population.

'Presumptive legislation' for firefighters with cancer is already the norm in Canada, Australia, and the USA. It's time the UK caught up.

FBU general secretary Steve Wright sends a letter of support to NZPFU in their industrial action against FENZ.

Understaffing, ageing equipment, and employers who push workforce safety to the margins - we know what this fight looks like because we are living it too.

Farage must sack Simon Dudley immediately. Anything less is an endorsement.

Simon Dudley's remarks are a shocking insult to the people who lost their lives at Grenfell and to their families.

The Grenfell Inquiry found the tragic deaths of 72 people, entirely avoidable. To have a senior Reform figure undermine that is unacceptable.

Watch this space for speaker announcements and more.

Firefighting is a high-risk profession.

From internationally evidenced cancer risks to mental health challenges and emerging hazards like lithium-ion batteries, our members' safety must remain a priority.

That's why the FBU is launching its first-ever health and safety summit.

Next steps are being considered. Watch this space.

Unity is strength.

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🚨 Oxfordshire firefighters have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in their consultative ballots. 71% turnout, 94% YES.

Fire service management refuse to listen, despite clear opposition to closing stations, removing engines and axing jobs.

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Neil Duncan-Jordan MP is supporting our call to halt these plans by challenging the Fire Authority on the serious risks these cuts present to firefighter and public safety.

FBU general secretary Steve Wright is in Dorset & Wiltshire – visiting stations, speaking with members, and backing the campaign against proposals to close 8 fire stations.

This isn’t just a local fight – it’s a national one to defend our fire and rescue service.

FBU Oxfordshire members, make sure you have your say against life-threatening cuts.

All consultative ballots must be posted by 11am tomorrow. Vote YES to protect your communities and your fire and rescue service.

Firefighting is a dangerous profession. The FBU are carrying out Serious Accident Investigation training to ensure reps are prepared to deal with and mitigate accidents that occur.

Over the last couple of days, national officer Adam Taylor has been chairing sessions for FBU reps from across the UK.

The FBU stands in solidarity with Unite members of Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service.

Unite members' claim is both fair and reasonable, and the government's attempt to undermine them is unacceptable.

FBU general secretary, Steve Wright writes in support:

🚨 Oxfordshire FBU members

Vote YES on your consultative ballots for industrial action and send them back by 30 March.

This is your chance to send a clear message to management and politicians: abandon the cuts. Our safety, and our communities' safety, is non-negotiable.

Make your voice heard ✅

📢 FBU Oxfordshire members, return your consultative ballot on industrial action.

Oxfordshire FRS has cut over 100 firefighters since 2010. Now they plan to cut more stations, appliances and posts.

These cuts will cost lives. Vote YES and make your voice heard ✅