Geoffrey Theobald General News Firefighters set to strike for 4 days Firefighters will take strike action for four days starting from 6pm on Friday, October 31. Firefighter say they don’t want to strike but refuse to compromise on public and firefighter safety, nor standby whilst the Government rips up the pension contracts they signed up to when they first joined th By Besi • 2 min read
General News Surprise Welephant cake for Hove firefighters Firefighters in Hove received an unexpected treat recently when a local resident dropped in with a home-baked Welephant cake to support them in the campaign to save their fire engine. By Besi • 1 min read
News Labour parliamentary candidate joins fire service protest Welephant joins local firefighters in Brighton to say ‘save our fire service’. Brighton played host to a special guest on Saturday when Welephant joined local firefighters to raise awareness about cuts to the fire service across East Susssex. Welephant, who has his own Twitter account (@999Welephant By Besi • 1 min read
News Labour anger at Fire Authority spending plans to implement cuts to fire service East Sussex Fire Authority have voted through a proposal to “approve the drawdown of up to £200,000” to establish a ‘Service Transformation Team’. The team will be responsible for implementing savings plans which include cutting one of only five fire engines and 24 firefighters in Brighton and Hove. By Besi • 1 min read
General News Union chief expresses concerns following Eastbourne pier fire Following the fire that gutted the historic pier in Eastbourne last month, Simon Herbert, Chairman of the East Sussex Fire Brigades Union has issued an extensive statement highlighting his concerns about the ability of the fire service to cope with such incidents in the future. In his statement Simo By Besi • 3 min read
