Report - Fire Brigades Union
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SECTION G — INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION<br />
any fire controls. The current provision of fire control must<br />
remain in the respective FRS. Any attempts to merge fire<br />
controls will be strongly opposed and the executive council<br />
will mount a campaign up to and including a ballot for<br />
industrial action.<br />
REGION 4 – CARRIED<br />
3. PRIVATISATION OF FIRE CONTROLS<br />
This conference is totally opposed to any attempts to<br />
privatise fire controls. We believe that fire controls must<br />
remain in the employ of the fire service and remain subject<br />
to NJC conditions of service. Any attempts to privatise fire<br />
controls will be strongly opposed and the executive council<br />
will mount a campaign up to and including a ballot for<br />
industrial action.<br />
REGION 4 – CARRIED<br />
4. ATTACKS ON LGPS PENSIONS<br />
This conference finds the attitude of the new coalition<br />
government on pensions extremely disturbing. Any<br />
attempts to worsen the LGPS must be vigorously opposed<br />
in a combined campaign with other unions affected.<br />
REGION 4 – CARRIED<br />
5. REGIONAL/AMALGAMATED FIRE CONTROL ROOMS<br />
This AGM calls for a widening of the FBU campaign<br />
against any attempts to introduce regional fire control<br />
rooms, to include amalgamations and any similar projects.<br />
REGION 5 – CARRIED<br />
6. REGIONAL/AMALGAMATED FIRE CONTROL ROOMS<br />
This AGM calls on all FBU members not to volunteer to<br />
take part in any work activity connected to the<br />
implementation of a regional or amalgamated fire control<br />
room.<br />
REGION 5 – CARRIED<br />
7. PENSIONS (AMENDED)<br />
This AGM views with dismay the options for changes to<br />
public sector pension schemes contained in Lord Hutton’s<br />
review of public sector pensions. Those options include:<br />
● the end of public sector pensions that are based on<br />
final salary;<br />
● increased member contributions;<br />
● increases to the retirement age.<br />
This AGM calls on the FBU to resist by any lawful means<br />
possible, including all forms of industrial action, any<br />
attempt to introduce changes detrimental to the Local<br />
Government Pension Scheme, <strong>Fire</strong>fighters’ Pension<br />
Scheme or the New <strong>Fire</strong>fighters’ Pension Scheme.<br />
REGION 5 – CARRIED<br />
8. FUTURE OF FIRE SERVICE EMERGENCY CONTROLS<br />
(AMENDED)<br />
Conference is alarmed at recent developments regarding<br />
the future of the fire and rescue service in the UK and the<br />
potential impact on emergency fire controls.<br />
Regardless of any future changes to the fire and rescue<br />
service, conference demands that there should be no<br />
compulsory redundancies and that all fire control<br />
employees currently on Grey Book conditions of service<br />
remain so.<br />
REGION 1 – CARRIED<br />
9. OUTSOURCING AND MERGERS OF FIRE CONTROLS<br />
As details of proposals to outsource/merge fire controls<br />
emerge, this AGM calls upon the FBU to extend its<br />
opposition to regional controls to resist proposals to<br />
outsource/merge fire controls. Emergency fire control staff<br />
perform a vital role and attempts to outsource/merge fire<br />
controls are nothing more than cost saving measures to the<br />
detriment of public and firefighter safety.<br />
REGION 12 – CARRIED<br />
10. FIRECONTROL PROJECT<br />
This AGM is extremely concerned about the recent<br />
revelations concerning the inability of EADS to deliver a<br />
system fit for purpose for the FiReControl project. We call<br />
upon the executive council of the FBU to seek an<br />
immediate meeting with the CLG minister responsible for<br />
the fire service to determine the impact that this has on<br />
FBU members in current control rooms and further<br />
demand that CLG provides funding for existing fire controls<br />
to maintain their systems until such a time as the situation<br />
is resolved.<br />
REGION 12 – CARRIED<br />
It was decided by the committee at the end of the AGM that<br />
resolutions 1 and 10 would be taken to the EC directly to action.<br />
Resolutions to be taken to annual conference 2011 by the<br />
CSNC will be:<br />
●<br />
●<br />
●<br />
2, 5 and 9 to be composited to include all points, as agreed<br />
by the AGM;<br />
4 and 7 to be composited to include all points, as agreed<br />
by the AGM; and<br />
8 as amended.<br />
Delegates to attend annual conference 2011<br />
Mandy Buchanan Region 3<br />
Tim Gerrard Region 5<br />
Sasha Farley Region 7<br />
Simon Jones Region 13<br />
Norman Rees<br />
Region 8 – Observer<br />
G9 Final appeals committee<br />
In accordance with the rules of the union, one official from<br />
each region/section was appointed by the 2010 annual<br />
conference to serve on the final appeals committee.<br />
Region/section<br />
Region 1<br />
Region 2<br />
Region 3<br />
Name<br />
Gavin Barrie<br />
Brian Stanfield<br />
Peter Wilcox<br />
FBU Annual <strong>Report</strong> 2011 113