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30th January, 2014

Firefighters in your living room - John Hammond, with thermal imaging camera, Jamie Tooth with chimney roads and John Mackenzie (right) demonstrate how they tackle a chimney fire

Chimney fires can cause thousands of pounds in damage to a...

23rd January, 2014

At 22.46pm on Wednesday 22nd January 2013, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a minibus fire on the car park of Brackenfield, Brookside, Telford.

One crew from Tweedale attended and the fire was extinguished at 23.04pm....

22nd January, 2014

The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) is the charity which promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). 27 January is the day for everyone to remember the millions of people killed in the Holocaust, Nazi Persecution and in subsequent...

15th January, 2014

Community fire safety officer Sam Hamer (centre) was at Greenfields assisted housing scheme in Bridgnorth with housing officers from Shropshire Housing Group to talk to residents about the dangers of portable heaters

A campaign to alert...

14th January, 2014

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended three incidents in Telford over the weekend involving vehicle fires.

At 8.15pm on Friday 10th January 2014 crews from Tweedale were called to a report of a van fire near garages off Mount...

9th January, 2014

Thanks to the employers from Chief Fire Officer John Redmond: Pictured left to right, are: Clare Hammond (Edward Oliver Ltd); Mike Bugiel (Mid Counties Co-op); Anne Spandrzyk (St Lawrence’s Primary School); Anne Nutting (Bucks Head); Carol Sharpe...

9th January, 2014

Children from St Lawrence’s Primary School, Church Stretton, with senior fire officer Rob Corfield, head teacher Dick Langford and firefighter Wayne Castree, who is also the school caretaker

Primary schoolchildren in south Shropshire are...