Regional Committee will be meeting on Monday.

On Firefighters' Memorial Day, we honour the lives of firefighters across the world, including the 2,300 UK firefighters who have died in the line of duty. At 12 midday, fire and rescue service workers across the UK will line up at their station, control room or other

Excellent work by Scott MacRory and Mae from Prostate Scotland . These engagement sessions are literally saving firefighters' lives, and I look forward to similar programs being rolled out across the whole of Scotland and the UK.

Firefighters were asked to cross the picket line and collect bins in Birmingham. Firefighters are trade unionists and we will never disrespect our comrades fight for fair pay. Solidarity with Birmingham's bin workers! #megapicket

We are deeply saddened to hear the news today of the tragic incident in Bicester, where two firefighters and a member of the public lost their lives. Our thoughts and condolences to all family, friends and colleagues at this terrible time 💔

Terrible scenes. Solidarity with the people of Liverpool from all of us.

Reform are no friends of the working class.

Congratulations to Norwegian firefighters on an historic win. After a decade of fighting, Norway now leads Europe with legislation on firefighter cancers. UK firefighters still lack the crucial protection of presumptive legislation - we have meetings planned to ensure we get

ICYMI - Research led by The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan Professor Anna Stec published in JOEMOnline has found that over a quarter of surveyed #firefighters who attended the #GrenfellTower fire are now suffering from long-term health disorders. ow.ly/njP150Uzc9G Fire Brigades Union

#OtD 31 May 1831 the Merthyr Tydfil uprising was sparked when bailiffs attempted to seize goods from the home of Lewis Lewis. The following day ironworkers began ransacking the houses of bailiffs and returning property to the original owners stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/10385/…

Scotlands emergency services spent £3.5 million on control room overtime in three years..FBU Regional Treasurer, Seona Hart, tells 1919 magazine “Our members are still regularly working below agreed safe crewing levels in control rooms across Scotland” 👇 1919magazine.co.uk/june2025/emerg…

“An offer than has more strings attached than a tennis racket” ✊😆

The comments on the article will brighten up your day 😆. Zarah Sultana MP has been a friend of the FBU for years, and has fought on behalf of the working class as long as she’s been an MP. The hatchet job has backfired spectacularly. Solidarity ✊

Local campaigns are underway across Scotland as options for station closures and reductions in fire cover go to public consultation, launching later this month. Decades of underfunding have already seen us lose over 1200 firefighter posts since 2014. #CutsLeaveScars

Thanks to Brian Leishman for his continued support of Fire Brigades Union and FBU Scotland. Always a strong voice in parliament for our members. FBU Scotland officials will be lobbying in Westminster on 16/7, we look forward to speaking to MPs representing Scotland.

Marionville FBU Scotland branch sec, Davey Strachan, speaking with the Edinburgh News says .”Plans to close Edinburgh's Marionville fire station would increase risk to community”👇 edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/plan-to-c…

This is a “once in a generation” opportunity to safeguard workers’ collective power. We are calling for the House of Lords to abolish the ban on ‘secondary action’.

Well said. The public don’t want reductions in cover or stations closed. They don’t want to wait longer and response times have been on a continual rise over the last decade across the UK. These cuts will exacerbate that further. Have your say when the consultation launches.

Today we remember and stand in solidarity with the Grenfell community 💚 Our thoughts with the families of those who were killed in this terrible tragedy, and with the firefighters who attended from LFB and the surrounding areas, some of who have paid a heavy price for their

#OtD 18 Jun 1984 striking miners faced off against 1000s of police as they attempted to picket the Orgreave coking plant. The police violently attacked, made mass arrests, and fabricated evidence to suppress the miners. Learn more in our podcast series: workingclasshistory.com/tag/1984-5-min…