British National Party The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right and whites-only political party in the United Kingdom, formed as a splinter group of the British National Front by John Tyndall in 1982. The party's current chairman is Nick Griffin, himself a former national organiser of the National Front.A minor political party in the United Kingdom, the BNP is not represented in Parliament. British_National_Party
UK firefighter dispute 2002–2003 The 2002-2003 UK firefighter dispute began when the UK firefighters union, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), voted to take strike action in an attempt to secure a better salary. The FBU demanded a 39 percent increase in pay, which would have brought the average firefighter's wage (at the time) to around £30,000, it balloted its members for a strike in late 2002, the industrial action began in November. It was the first nationwide firefighters' strike in the UK since the 1970s. UK_firefighter_dispute_2002–2003
Trades Union Congress The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions. There are fifty-eight affiliated unions with a total of about 6.5 million members, around half of whom are represented by Unite or UNISON.The TUC's decision-making body is the Annual Congress, which takes place in September. Trades_Union_Congress
Fire Brigades Union The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for Firefighters, both Wholetime (including Officers up to Chief Fire Officer/Firemaster), Retained Duty System (part-time ), and Emergency Control Room Staff. It was founded in London in 1918 as the Firemen's Trade Union, but soon grew to cover the entire country. Fire_Brigades_Union
Matt Wrack Matt Wrack is a British firefighter and trade unionist. He was elected General Secretary of the Fire Brigades Union in May 2005.Born in Manchester, Wrack joined the London Fire Brigade in 1983. Wrack ousted incumbent general secretary Andy Gilchrist on 5 May 2005 after Gilchrist had served just one five-year term, following widespread discontent over the settlement reached by Gilchrist with the government that ended the 2002-03 pay dispute. Matt_Wrack
London Fire Brigade The London Fire Brigade (LFB) is the statutory fire and rescue service for London, England. It is run by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority and is the third-largest fire service in the world with nearly 7,000 staff, of which 5,800 are operational firefighters and officers. In October 2007, Ron Dobson was appointed as the Commissioner for Fire and Emergency Planning, which includes the position of Chief Fire Officer. Mr. Dobson took over from Sir Ken Knight who had been commissioner since 2003. London_Fire_Brigade
FiReControl FiReControl is a UK based project that was initiated in March 2004, to reduce the number of control rooms used to handle emergency calls for fire services and authorities. Presently there are 46 control rooms in England that handle calls from the local public for emergency assistance via the 999 system. A new radio network - FireLink is being developed and built and will be fully compatible with FiReControl. FiReControl