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  • STATEMENT: FBU announces ballot result to accept the pay offer
    6th March 2023
    STATEMENT: FBU announces ballot result to accept the pay offer

    The Fire Brigades Union have announced today that their members have voted to accept the National Employers improved pay offer, of 7% backdated to last July 2022 and a further 5% from July 2023. Chief Fire Officer Huw Jakeway QFSM said, “I am very pleased that a solution to the…

  • Fenella Morris KC appointed as Chair of Culture Review
    24th February 2023
    Fenella Morris KC appointed as Chair of Culture Review

    Following a rigorous appointment process, the Independent Chairperson of the Culture Review within South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) has been confirmed as Fenella Morris King’s Counsel (KC). Between the London Fire Brigade Culture Review and the airing of the ITV report on the outcomes of two historic discipline…

  • Working together to Protect our Countryside and our Country
    20th February 2023
    Working together to Protect our Countryside and our Country

    Operation Dawns Glaw, a multi-agency task force of specialists from key agencies across Wales has reformed to reduce, and where possible eliminate the impact of grass fires across Wales. The task force, which was initially established in 2016 by the all Wales Strategic Arson Reduction Board to tackle incidents of…

  • Cultural Review Appointment Panel
    16th February 2023
    Cultural Review Appointment Panel

    As part of the Service’s commitment to commissioning an Independent Cultural Review an Independent Appointment Panel will convene tomorrow, Friday 17th February. The Independent Appointment Panel will have the sole responsibility for selecting the most suitable King’s Counsel for the role of Chairperson. The Chief Fire Officer is not part…

  • Latest updates from the UKISAR deployment to Turkey
    10th February 2023
    Latest updates from the UKISAR deployment to Turkey

    Our firefighters are continuing to support the search and rescue efforts in Turkey following the devastating earthquakes. The team of 77 UK International Search and Rescue (UKISAR) experts have been working four different sites on the ground and in the latest update have been completing Assessment, Search and Rescues (ASR’s),…

  • STATEMENT: Fire Brigades Union improved pay offer
    9th February 2023
    STATEMENT: Fire Brigades Union improved pay offer

    South Wales Fire and Rescue Service is encouraged to see that following productive discussions with the National Employers, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) will ballot its members on a revised offer from the National Employers. The improved offer is 7% backdated to July 2022 and 5% from this July. The…

  • Welsh Firefighters deployed to assist with search and rescue operations in Turkey
    8th February 2023
    Welsh Firefighters deployed to assist with search and rescue operations in Turkey

    Five firefighters from Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service (MAWW) and South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) have deployed to Turkey to assist with search and rescue operations following the devastating earthquakes. A team of 77 UK International Search and Rescue (UKISAR) experts made up of firefighters…

  • STATEMENT: Fire Brigades Union ballot result
    31st January 2023
    STATEMENT: Fire Brigades Union ballot result

    Following a ballot by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) over a nationwide pay dispute, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service (SWFRS) has been informed that members of the FBU, who are Firefighters and Control staff, have voted to take industrial action. The FBU have not yet announced any dates of…

  • Aberbargoed Fire Station Sleigh Drive
    19th December 2022
    Aberbargoed Fire Station Sleigh Drive

    On-Call Firefighters from Aberbargoed Fire and Rescue Station will be spreading some festive cheer with their Christmas Sleigh Drive this December! With their very own sleigh, the crew will be visiting nearby communities and handing out gifts to children. The sleigh will be stopping at the following locations: Monday 19…

  • Plea as emergency worker assaults continue to rise!
    13th December 2022
    Plea as emergency worker assaults continue to rise!

    Emergency workers in Wales are reminding the public to treat them with respect in the face of a continued rise in assaults.  There were 1,421 assaults in the six-month period between January – June 2022, up from 1,396 in the same period last year, representing a 1.8% increase, new figures have revealed.…


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