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23rd April, 2008

Wrockwardine Wood Arts College has won the annual fire safety quiz organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service beating ten other Shropshire schools to take the coveted 2008 title.

A total of 33 of the county's senior schools originally...

23rd April, 2008

Press release by Safer Roads Partnership

The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is today launching a new campaign, aimed at motorcycle riders, to help reduce casualties and deaths on the region's roads.

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21st April, 2008

Shrewsbury teenagers visited the county fire HQ as part of a Skills for Life course.

A total of seven youngsters aged from 16 to 19 learned about home fire safety, the importance of having smoke alarms and an escape route in case fire...

21st April, 2008

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service's Fire Prevention department is one of the first in the UK to go fully digital with tons of "critically important" fire safety paperwork – some dating back to the Second World War.

A total of 1½...

16th April, 2008

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is believed to be the first brigade in Britain to meet the tough high standards for environmental management under the British Standards Institute's ISO 14001.

The Shropshire brigade from its Shrewsbury...

11th April, 2008

The annual fire safety quiz run by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is hotting up as the top ten Shropshire schools go through to the county finals on April 22.

Each school has won its own regional heat or came runner up to qualify for...