Is this the future for Essex?2 Small Fire Units, 4 Firefighters, 1 High Pressure / CAFS System, 1 45mm Jet, & NO BA used to extinguish a small car fire not involving tyres or fuel.
Essex Fire Service Managers Fail to Provide a Response to Help Defend Our Pensions:
Once again it has been left to the Fire Brigades Union to defend the pensions of all uniformed members of the Fire & Rescue Service here in Essex. Despite many statements to the contrary, unsurprisingly FBU members have been left disappointed once again in their senior managers who have failed to provide a formal written response to the consultation over changes to pensions that could affect all of their uniformed employees.
For all the latest correspondence and information on Pre-Arranged Out-Duties please see below and Click Here
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As you are aware, the Service have implemented an imposed Pre-Arranged Out-Duties system which commenced on the 4th February 2012. This has not been agreed and the FBU have not been supplied with a policy document for the minimum 6 week consultation period. Service managers are instead determined to drive this change through without agreement and regardless of the impact it may have on our members, both financially and to family life including childcare issues. This is an unnecessary and blatant attack on our Grey Book and on our members conditions of Service and is not an issue the FBU can leave unchallenged.
Please find below a letter of duress for use when being ordered to undertake a Pre-Arranged Out-Duty. Always ensure that a fully completed letter is provided to your line manager and that you retain a copy for your own records.
Please use the chart provided above to keep a record of all costs and mileage attributed to the undertaking of a Pre-Arranged Out-Duty. This information may assist you in making a claim for reimbursement.
Brentwood Fire Station Cuts- Petition Hits 10,000
Brentwood Firefighters attended the Fire Authority meeting on the 7th December 2011. Despite Deputy Chief Fire Officer Eckley saying “It is absolutely ridiculous and untrue to suggest we are ignoring the voice of democracy", the Firefighters were not provided the opportunity to speak about the petition they handed in, and even though, as was also stated by DCFO Eckley, “The Fire Authority councillors are democratically elected representatives of the community", the democratically elected representatives of the community did not discuss the petition or the overwhelming public support the campaign to STOP the downgrading of Brentwood's fire cover has received.
Brentwood Councillors William Lloyd and Russell Quirk did manage to gain entry to the Fire Authority meeting but were also not allowed to speak and voice the concerns of the public and Firefighters!
The campaign to stop Brentwood's fire cover being downgraded continues. The petition, and numbers against the ill concieved plans grows daily, and currently has over 10,000 signatures both on paper and on line at:
Listen below to what a local Brentwood Councillor has to say about the proposed CUTS to Brentwood Fire Station, the Chief Fire Officer, and expenditure of Senior Managers.
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Membership Number- Where you can find it!
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