News

21st July, 2006

Three off duty firefighters on their way to a stag night in Blackpool have been praised for putting into action their "lifesaving" skills after a high speed car crash on a busy Shropshire road left three people trapped and seriously injured....

18th July, 2006

A fire officer has urged the Shropshire public to take extra care during the Summer heatwave in the wake of 100 outdoor fires in the past week.

Firefighters have attended callouts to fires raging in gorse, heather, hedges, woodland, bushes...

17th July, 2006

Fire Crews from across Shropshire battled a blaze in Shrewsbury which ripped through a timberyard and destroyed offices close to a local pub.

The fire started just before 2pm on Saturday at the Timberline site, Coleham Head and drinkers...

12th July, 2006

Shropshire's Chief Fire Officer today praised a successful drama production with "vital" anti arson messages for schoolchildren.

The cast of Sparx!, which put on the production at Oakengates Theatre @The Place in Telford, raised awareness...

9th July, 2006

Two fire crews from Telford and Wellington were alerted to a fire in a factory unit on Hortonwood 60 Telford just before 11pm last night.

On arrival the Officer in charge was faced with a severe fire in one section of the factory with...

6th July, 2006

Senior fire officers are staging a major public exhibition on car crashes aimed at educating Shropshire motorists in the wake of a dozen drivers being cut free from the wreckage of their vehicles in and around the roads of Market Drayton.

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