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Lithium-ion batteries are a growing fire risk across the UK.
Firefighters are attending these incidents more and more and they’re often faster, hotter, and far more dangerous than traditional fires.
The @fbunational has warned that regulation and public awareness simply haven’t kept pace with the scale of use.
We need tougher product standards, proper enforcement, and investment in the fire service before more lives are put at risk.
theguardian.com/technology/2…
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For more than twenty years, firefighters have had a flat pay structure, with no progression. Some aspects of our pay are a postcode lottery.
Winning an improved pay structure is our number one industrial priority - and we're making progress. Watch @unionstevew update on national negotiations.
Amazing 3 days of education from @TrademarkBF. By far one of the most eye opening & informative courses I've ever done.
Three great days @fbunational
delivering political education @MechanicsManch supporting union with tools to organize against the far right rooted in material realities & struggle, building power from the ground up! Well deserved pint @S_O_Nuallain #politicaleducation
#AntiFascist
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ID cards are a distraction - they weren't in the manifesto.
It's time for Labour to deliver for workers and turn our society around. Our general secretary @UnionSteveW on Newsnight last night.
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Zoe Gardener, "Ukrainians have a safe route to get here.. Nobody from Ukraine got on a small boat and had to be put up in hotels.. We provided them with housing, let them get jobs, have access to welfare"
Time Radio, "Regards to protests in Epping, do these people not have legitimate concerns?"
Zoe Gardener, "The asylum seekers have no say over where they are housed"
"There was a vicar arrested for sexual assaults and abuses yesterday, we haven't seen any protests outside churches"
"Why? Because we recognise that one individual white christian is not a representative of an entire parish of white christian people"
"So we don't go outside a church full of worshipers and shout racist abuse when a white vicar is arrested on sexual offence charges"
"To go to a place where an asylum seeker is accommodated through no fault of their own because another asylum seeker is suspected of having committed an offence is racist"
"If you have a problem with the way the government is managing the dispersal of asylum seekers then your target of protest is the government"
"It is not innocent people who happen to be asylums seekers, who happen to share the ethnicity of somebody you think may have done something wrong"
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The government are planning another year of below-inflation cuts.
Already down 12,000 firefighters since 2010, response times are slower, and firefighters are attending fires in crews of 4 and 3.
This comes as climate threats escalate, 900 wildfire incidents already this year.
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FBU brigade officials met today to discuss pay reform and the funding crisis in the fire service.
Talks with the employers are underway, and we've been clear about the issues we're facing what we're demanding to be delivered:
📌 Pay progression
📌 An end to CPD postcode lottery
📌 Pay equality for RDS and control
Brigade officials will be organising meetings locally to update members. Make sure you attend, and have your questions answered.
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ORGREAVE INQUIRY ANNOUNCED!
At last the government have announced an inquiry will take place into Orgreave. Please see and share our press release.
otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a…
800 miles travelled over two weekends first to @DurhamGala then to @TolpuddleFest. I went t'up North, then all the way South, & the sun was in all places but home in the East Mids 🤣 Solidarity Forever ✊🏻
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Great day at Durham Miners’ Gala.
Proud to march with @fbunational members and reps from all across the UK who attended.
A brilliant show of solidarity and working-class pride.
#DurhamMinersGala #FBU #Solidarity
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The Durham Miners' Gala is a celebration of solidarity.
The FBU are here today, 41 years after the miners strike to honour their struggle.
The past we inherit, the future we build✊
Congratulations to an amazing comrade and great friend. ✊🏻💪🏻
🚨🚨 Thank You 🚨🚨
I’m incredibly proud and honoured to have been elected as a National Officer of the Fire Brigades Union.
To every member who took the time to vote — thank you. To those who supported my campaign, engaged in conversations, challenged ideas, and stood alongside me — your backing means everything. This result reflects more than one individual’s success; it signals a clear need for experienced, credible, and accountable leadership - to keep moving our union forward.
Throughout this campaign, I’ve spoken about action, results, and transparency. I’ve listened to members from Altens to Belfast, Rhyl to Dartford, and many places in between. I’ve heard the real challenges you face — unsafe crewing on stations and control rooms, station closures, funding cuts, pension injustices, and the health impacts of working in the Fire and Rescue service. I stood in this election to ensure those concerns are not only heard but acted on.
To those who didn’t vote or supported another candidate — I’ll work just as hard for you. This union must belong to every member, and I’m determined to earn and keep your trust.
I want to pay particular thanks to members and officials past and present across the East Midlands Region. Your support, solidarity, and belief in me has been the foundation of everything I’ve done in the FBU. Even as I move into this national role, I’ll always remain on hand to support you.
I started as a firefighter in the West Midlands in 2008 before transferring to Leicestershire. It’s a job I love and one I’ll always fight to protect and improve for the benefit of all firefighters and control firefighters.
I also want to thank Scott for standing in this election. Whilst we offered different but fair campaigns for members to get behind, democratic debate remains a cornerstone of our union’s strength.
Looking ahead, I’m keen to play my part in shaping the future direction set by FBU Annual Conference and importantly our members— building unity, organising with purpose, and delivering meaningful wins and outcomes for members. I look forward to working closely with the General Secretary, Head Office officials and staff, and all those committed to building a stronger, more effective union.
Finally, a quiet but heartfelt thank you to my family and friends — for their unwavering patience, support, and belief.
Now the real work begins — and I’m ready.✊
Adam Taylor
FBU National Officer
experience, action, results
But of course let's all be angry at musicians at Glastonbury calling out these genocidal acts because they are the ones in the wrong..not the IDF committing the obvious war crimes. Once again louder for those having trouble calling out genocidal actions is NOT anti-Semitic.
Closing stations & cutting fire appliance numbers will always result in an increase in risk to public safety. Reducing numbers is not the answer... The fire service needs more investment not less.... #cutscostlives
🔥The 12 week public consultation process has commenced on the @fire_scot proposals to close fire stations, change fire cover to night and weekends and the permanent removal of 10 fire appliances which @FBUScotland warns could cost lives.! 🚒👇
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly1…
Incredible discussion by James Welsh here. Insightful and thoughtful.
The Disturbing Link Between Clean Beauty & The Far Right youtu.be/ujG4JMDeUXo?si=OwtI… via @YouTube