Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are urging people to stop and think about the consequences of gorse and grass fires following seven gorse fires in the Catherton Common and Clee Hill areas in the last two weeks.
Recent dry weather has...
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11th March, 2011
Get a smoke alarm and test it weekly – that is the stark advice to Shropshire residents from county firefighters to avoid dying from toxic smoke in a house fire.
Just two to three breaths of toxic smoke and “you're unconscious,” warned...
11th March, 2011
Shropshire firefighters donned special air tight chemical protection suits to tackle a reported ammonia leak during a large scale training exercise at a major food storage and distribution depot.
The planned exercise was at Grocontinental’...
2nd March, 2011
Police in Telford are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire in Donnington. The incident occurred on St Matthews Road on Tuesday 1 March.
At just after 2am police received reports that three individuals had been seen walking...
25th February, 2011
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service firefighters were called out at 10.30pm on Wednesday 23rd February to a large quantity of pallets on fire outside a unit on Halesfield 17, Telford. As the fire is believed to have been started deliberately, we...
24th February, 2011
In six week’s time (6th April, 2011) switchover to digital television reaches north Shropshire and south Cheshire and the ‘Helping Hand’ campaign urges everyone to make sure older and disabled people in their area know about the help they can get...
24th February, 2011
The cost of running the county's fire and rescue service will remain the same at £1.61 a week for the average Shropshire householder as the fire authority announces a tax freeze for 2011/12.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is one of the...
22nd February, 2011
Shropshire firefighters are urging chip lovers to take care when deep fat frying following an incident in which a couple’s home was severely smoke damaged.
There were 41 kitchen fires involving chip pans and frying in the county in 2008/...
22nd February, 2011
A Muslim leader in Shropshire has said that all religions are warmly welcomed to attend their mosque.
Mufti Sahib, who is President of the British Sunni Ulma Council in the UK, spoke out at a children’s fire safety event held at the Regent...
21st February, 2011
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called out to The Lea Manor Hotel, Boningale near Albrighton at 06.53 on Sunday 13th February.
Six appliances attended the scene, the ground floor of the unoccupied former Hotel was severely damaged...
