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31st October, 2013

Chief Fire Officer John Redmond

Shropshire’s fire chief has appealed for people to take extra care in bonfire celebrations during a two day firefighter strike.

A reduced service will limit the number of fire engines available which...

31st October, 2013

Shropshire firefighters in a mock exercise to practise their skills

Shropshire’s High Sheriff will literally be in the driving seat to see at first hand how firefighters rescue victims of county road crashes when she herself is cut free...

30th October, 2013

Firefighter Louise Fletcher (right) with Lindsay Jones and Laura Davies (front) at the firefighter taster session for women organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Women from across the county came to Oswestry Fire Station to see...

28th October, 2013

Shropshire firefighter Stuart Rushton from Telford Central fire station talks to Central TV news reporter Sally Lockwood today (Monday)

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service transmitted its fire safety messages about the importance of smoke...

25th October, 2013

Has your home got a smoke alarm asks the Fitzsimmons family whose lives were saved when their smoke alarm went off. They are pictured surrounded by friends, neighbours and firefighters who all helped after their devastating Shropshire house fire...

25th October, 2013

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a report of a car fire in Tan Bank, Wellington at 1.14am, Friday 25th October 2013 involving a Vauxhall Corsa. The fire was out on arrival.

The fire is believed to have been started deliberately...

25th October, 2013

A team of 10 Shropshire firefighters used a safety line and ladder to pull a woman to safety after she fell down a gaping 30ft hole which opened up as a garden path collapsed under her shortly after 1pm yesterday.

The woman had to hang on...

21st October, 2013

Article courtesy of Katy Lowe, SFRS History Society

On Saturday the 19th of October the History Society had its first public appearance. The SFRS History Society was asked to present a presentation to the Fire Brigade Society for their...

19th October, 2013

As temperatures start to plunge, Shropshire householders are being urged to get their chimneys swept to avoid the high number of chimney fires recorded last winter.

Firefighters have attended an average of one chimney fire every two days...

19th October, 2013

Shropshire women get a taste of life as a firefighter with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at a previous “taster” day

Women who want to find out about being firefighters are invited to a “taster day“ to see what it is all about at...

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