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The Fire and Rescue Services Association (FRSA) is a British trade union representing all fire service staff employed under grey or green book terms and conditions

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The Association was founded in 1976, as the Retained Firefighters' Union (RFU) and changed its name to "The Fire and Rescue Services Association" (FRSA) in 2018.

The FRSA is a member led organisation committed to protecting and modernising the terms and conditions , health & well being support and working practices within the Fire and Rescue Service.

The FRSA has a no strike constitution, FRSA members will not put their communities at risk, and they prefer the power of argument rather than the argument of power.

General Secretaries / Chief Executive Officer

1976: Don Bates General Secretary
1997: Derek Chadbon General Secretary
2007: John Barton General Secretary
2015: Tristan Ashby. Chief Executive Officer

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