Following negotiations, fire employers have made a headline offer of a 4% pay rise for firefighters.

This is alongside up to a 50% increase in the retainer fee for RDS firefighters, and a new minimum maternity entitlement of 26 on full pay.

Cast your vote in the ballot today.

Only 1⃣ week to go until the pay offer ballot closes.

Make sure to check your junk folder if you haven't received your email ballot.

You can request a new one by emailing [email protected] with your:

✍️Name
🪪Membership no.
📧Email address
🏠Home address

Still haven't voted in the pay offer ballot? Watch Matt Wrack and Ben explain the offer and why you should vote to accept. 👇

Submit your ballot paper online or by post by 2pm on Friday 17 May to be counted.

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FBU members - whatever your views or conclusions on the offer - please remember to vote in our pay ballot.

It’s your pay. It’s your union. It’s your profession.

Have your say.

There's just over a week to go until the pay offer ballot closes.

Members will receive a ballot to their email and home address. Make sure to:

🗑️Check your junk email for your email ballot
📨Request a new one if you don't receive it by 10 May
📮Return it by 2pm Friday 17 May

🗳️The ballot on the latest fire service pay offer is LIVE

The headline is a 4% pay rise - a result of pressure from firefighters. For the first time in decades the offer includes an increase to the RDS retaining fee.

The executive council recommends members accept and fight on.

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Professor Andrew Watterson, public health researcher at the University of Stirling, writes for Firefighter Magazine

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The FBU's National Women's Committee was inaugurated in 1999.

This year, the FBUNWC celebrated 25 years of representation and organising at the annual national women's school.

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Today, #WeRemember firefighter John Singleton, who lost his life in the of duty on this day in 1990

Thank you to everyone who took part in the minute's silence and joined the ceremony at the National Firefighters Memorial in London for Firefighters Memorial Day.

We will never forget our fallen firefighters.

Was an absolute honour to speak at the opening of this stunning memorial to our fallen brothers & sisters in #Essex today. We may not know every name on the wall, but we are all united by our remarkable profession #WeRemember

Firefighters across the region have today observed a minute silence to honour the sacrifice of firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty, acknowledging the courage and dedication of generations of firefighters.

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Greetings to firefighters across the world on Firefighters Memorial Day.

Remember the dead and fight for the living.

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