Transcript London Fire Brigade presentation

Industrial action in the
London Fire Brigade 2010
Assistant Commissioner Dave Brown
Timeline
August bank holiday- unofficial action starts
Activities included
•Reverting to substantive role
•An increase in domestic delays
•A rise in vehicle defects
Pre Ballot outcome activities
included
•SMS messaging and use of social networking sites
to coordinate localised disruption
•Failure to maintain petty cash supplies
•Failure to perform managerial expectations
•No Kitbag refusal to travel
Management response
•Brigade coordination centre stood up
•Introduction of pass codes for mobilising team
•Commissioners blog introduced
•Staff website for home / work access
•Letters to staff / Including financial penalties for partial
performance
•An increase in cash held and managerial presence at stations
•FBU internal email facility barred
Formal Industrial action begins
23 October 2010 – 10:00 – 18:00hrs
•Stations left open or barricaded and fire alarms activated
•Security codes changed / infra red eyes covered
•Private security guards abused
•Non striking staff filmed and details uploaded on public
media sites
•EFCC crews pursued to incidents and jeered at whilst trying
to perform role
•Appliances attacked and malicious 999 calls made
Post action lessons learnt for
LFB prior to second strike
•EFCC crews to RVP on retail areas supported by
local police prior to occupation of hubs
•Primary and secondary fallback locations identified
•EFCC appliances fitted with CCTV
•Bespoke radio channel introduced
•Call filtering and interrogation of call origin
•Greater staff presence in the BCC for resilience
purposes
•Introduction of electronic key safes at all sites
Second period of industrial
action
1 November 2010 – 10:00 – 18:00hrs
•A more robust approach by police mobile video units
and increased patrols
•A greater managerial resilience in the area hubs and
at the BCC
•A marked reduction in the number of fire calls from
the public during this period due to LFB media
campaign of staying safe and promoting confidence
in EFCC capability
LFB response prior to planned
strike on the 5 November
•High court injunction granted
•Provision of accommodation for non striking staff to
maintain service delivery and support EFCC in the
event of the planned 24hr walkout by the FBU.
Announcement by FBU
Cessation of action short of
strike on Christmas eve
18:00hrs
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