The EPSU firefighters’ network is an informal grouping of EPSU affiliates that have members in fire and emergency services. The network was originally set up in the 1990s and has been meeting more regularly since 2006. EPSU affiliates in the sector recognise that there are several common issues facing firefighters that make it worthwhile to maintain contacts and exchange information. These include in particular health and safety, equipment provision and standardisation, violence and harassment, working time, fire service reform and changing tasks and responsibilities.
Network meetings provide a good opportunity to debate these issues but we also hope that information on these web pages will help improve the flow of information between EPSU affiliates.
(14 February 2011) The EPSU firefighters’ network meeting on 10 and 11 February had an in-depth discussion of developments regarding working time directive and the consultation launched by the European Commission on the revision of the Working Time Directive. The firefighters’ network reaffirmed that the Directive must apply to all firefighters whatever their status - professional, volunteer, part-time – and rejected any derogation from this basic principle. The discussion working time (...)
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Speech of Anne-Marie PERRET, EPSU President (in French)
The meeting was organized in the framework of the EPSU firefighters’ network and Firefighters’ Charter by FP-CGIL, with support from the European Commission. It was prompted by the dramatic and deadly forest fires that took pace in recent years in a number of Mediterranean countries. Firefighters from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Croatia and Slovenia participated, along with a scientific expert and guests from the UK FBU and EPSU Brussels office.
The meeting discussion covered the (...)
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