A family firefighting tradition continued with the “passing out” of new recruits from Shrewsbury and north Shropshire.
Among the latest batch of new firefighters were 20-year-old cousins Adam and Connor Willis, who follow in their fathers...
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24th September, 2010
Shropshire firefighters would not be able to save people from house fires and rescue victims trapped in wrecked cars without the ever important staff who work “behind the scenes,” warned the county’s fire chief.
Non-operational staff are a...
21st September, 2010
Magistrates have ordered a Shropshire hotel manager to pay fines and costs totaling £5,355 in a landmark court case brought after the fire alarm failed to go off in the premises.
Nine residents were staying at the Plume of Feathers at...
21st September, 2010
More than 100 turned out to celebrate the opening of Cleobury Mortimer's new look fire station which has just been refurbished.
A special ceremony to formally re-dedicate the station took place last week when Brigade chaplain Rev Peter...
9th September, 2010
Shropshire firefighters “rescued” stranded casualties in a water training exercise which mirrored real life rescues carried out on the fast flowing River Teme at Ludlow.
A total of 40 firefighters from Ludlow, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury and...
2nd September, 2010
A “bizarre” idea to store a person’s medical details in a bottle in the fridge could prove a “lifesaver,” say charity raisers who are spreading the word about the scheme with the help of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Firefighters are...
