London FBU has organised this protest on the day the Fire Authority meets to make a decision about the proposed cuts.



Rally at 12. 30pm

City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA

Against the closure of Manchester Square Fire Station
& the loss of 180 firefighter jobs


Keep the fire cover in central London!

Last year, London's fire service management produced its 'London Safety Draft Plan' - which soon became known as the 'Daft Plan' to firefighters and their union, the FBU. The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA), proposes to:

• close Manchester Square Fire Station in Marylebone;

• reduce staffing levels at fire stations with two fire appliances;
• remove fire appliances from the following fire stations: Westminster; Knightsbridge, Kensington; Euston; Acton; Bethnal Green; Clerkenwell; Dockhead; Greenwich and Islington;
• cut 178 firefighters' jobs across London, including 32 in our neighbouring Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Hackney has four fire stations - at Shoreditch, Homerton, Stoke Newington and Kingsland. Although none face the axe, Hackney's fire cover will be adversely affected in several ways:

Click the links below to see articles on the websites of the teaching unions, PCS, FBU, UNISON and the TUC.

• National Union of Teachers (NUT)

• Public & Commercial Services Union (PCS)
• National Association of Teachers in Further & Higher Education (NATFHE)
• Fire Brigades Union (FBU)
• The public sector union, UNISON
• TUC Response to Pensions Commission interim report

Firefighters picket Homerton fire station during the FBU pay strike in 2002.