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23rd October, 2015

Short video clips on making you and family safer; see our bedtime routines and making a fire escape plan clips at:

http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/safety-home/fire-safety-advice

Please remember to be careful with bonfires as well...

21st October, 2015

Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service are appealing to everyone to take great care this bonfire night. We recommend that you visit an organised display, however we have included useful guidance for people organising public displays.

These...

15th October, 2015

Retired vicar Canon John Holden presents a cheque for £1,400 to the Church Stretton firefighters who cut him free from the mangled wreckage of his car after a head-on crash on the A49 near Dorrington earlier this year.

The 81 year-old...

14th October, 2015

The Wrekin was the spectacular setting for a dramatic joint training exercise involving firefighters and a cave rescue team.

In a carefully staged re-construction, a climber was left dangling from his rope after becoming stuck on a sheer...

9th October, 2015

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is backing a campaign to raise awareness of hate crime and make it easier for people to recognize and report incidents.

A hate crime reporting centre has been set up at the fire service’s Shrewsbury...

8th October, 2015

With the "university season" beginning for many, fire safety might not be too high on your list of priorities whilst you are studying and socialising; taking the time to read some fire safety tips below and they might just save your life though...

6th October, 2015

 

A Shropshire sportsman is all fired up ready to play rugby for his country  - and hoping for a better result than the national side in the Rugby World Cup.

For Ludlow firefighter George Jacks (25) has been picked for the second...

6th October, 2015

More than 300 students will watch a car crash “victim” released from the wreckage of a vehicle by firefighters at a road safety education event in Newport on Thursday.

 

The stark demonstration in front of students aged 18 to 25...

5th October, 2015

Diversity Open Day at Shrewsbury Fire Station

 

Shrewsbury Fire Station will be the setting on Saturday (Oct 10th) for an open day aimed at celebrating diversity.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service says everyone is welcome to...

2nd October, 2015

During the last week of September each year we conduct free electric blanket testing. This year we held sessions in Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Councillor Jean Jones, Fire Authority member, popped in to give her support at a couple of...