Just before 1am on Saturday 10 May two Appliances and an Incident Commander from Shrewsbury were alerted to a strong smell of burning and a smoke detector activating in Worcester Road, Harlescott, Shrewsbury.
On arrival Firefighters had...
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9th May, 2008
Bridgnorth District Council have launched a joint initiative with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to boost recruitment of Firefighters in Bridgnorth. The District Council have agreed to allow its employees to join the towns' fire station and...
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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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...
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...
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...
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...
25th March, 2008
Two light aircraft had collided on landing at Sleap Aerodrome, was the call received by fire control. Information followed that one aircraft was on fire and there were two casualties trapped in the other aircraft. This was the scenario for a...
20th March, 2008
A cow in a canal, a disgruntled bull left floundering in a river and a heifer with its head stuck in a feeder are just some of the incidents which Shropshire firefighters have been called to deal with along with house fires and road crash rescues...
