Brooks meets local firefighters after lobby of Parliament
On Wednesday 12th November Brooks Newmark met with local firefighters as part of a national campaign to lobby Parliament and their MPs.On Wednesday 12th November Brooks Newmark met with local firefighters as part of a national campaign to lobby Parliament and their MPs.
Hundreds of firefighters from across the United Kingdom attended the lobby of Parliament to call on their MPs to take action to stem the rising tide of fatalities on duty in the fire and rescue service.
The lobby at Westminster came after a report released by the Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) showed deaths have increased at an alarming rate in recent years.
Brooks has written to the Department of Communities and Local Government to ask how they intend to respond to the findings and recommendations of the FBU report, and had added his name to Early Day Motion 2440:
"That this House notes the recent increased number of firefighter deaths highlighted in the Fire Brigades Union report In the Line of Duty; further notes the lack of safety-critical operational guidance for fire authorities highlighted in that report, and the absence of a properly resourced national body with overall responsibility for recording and investigating firefighter deaths and other serious incidents; and therefore calls for work to be commenced with stakeholders to see through the creation of such a body with responsibility for developing and agreeing safety-critical operational guidance arising from those investigations."
Brooks said, "I was pleased to meet with some of our local firefighters in Westminster. Our communities all rely on the dedicated service of firefighters and I believe they deserve our full support for the difficult and often dangerous work they undertake. I am very concerned to hear of the increasing number of firefighter deaths throughout the country and I have pledged my support for measures to improve the safety of all who do this vital job."
Photo: Brooks meets local firefighters after lobby of Parliament
