Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has made a further £100,000 savings in reduced insurance costs because of its excellent safety record and good management practices, it has been revealed.
The cost of public liability and employers’...
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8th October, 2010
A senior fire officer today praised the bravery of Shropshire firefighters in rescuing residents when a severe fire broke out in a care home in Telford early today (Friday, October 8th).
A smoke alarm fitted at Chilcott Gardens care home...
6th October, 2010
Chimney fires in Shropshire are on the increase as more people try and keep warm during the recent cold spell.
Community fire safety officers from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service today reminded householders to have their chimneys swept...
1st October, 2010
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are working together with West Mercia Police investigating a series of Arson attacks in the Herongate area of Shrewsbury.
The first incident was reported at about 04.30am on Tuesday 28th September 2010...
1st October, 2010
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, a member of the West Midlands Arson Task Force, have commissioned the Zip Theatre company from Wolverhampton to perform their very successful arson play "Sparx" in the region.
This successful production...
24th September, 2010
A family firefighting tradition continued with the “passing out” of new recruits from Shrewsbury and north Shropshire.
Among the latest batch of new firefighters were 20-year-old cousins Adam and Connor Willis, who follow in their fathers...
24th September, 2010
Shropshire firefighters would not be able to save people from house fires and rescue victims trapped in wrecked cars without the ever important staff who work “behind the scenes,” warned the county’s fire chief.
Non-operational staff are a...
21st September, 2010
Magistrates have ordered a Shropshire hotel manager to pay fines and costs totaling £5,355 in a landmark court case brought after the fire alarm failed to go off in the premises.
Nine residents were staying at the Plume of Feathers at...
21st September, 2010
More than 100 turned out to celebrate the opening of Cleobury Mortimer's new look fire station which has just been refurbished.
A special ceremony to formally re-dedicate the station took place last week when Brigade chaplain Rev Peter...
9th September, 2010
Shropshire firefighters “rescued” stranded casualties in a water training exercise which mirrored real life rescues carried out on the fast flowing River Teme at Ludlow.
A total of 40 firefighters from Ludlow, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury and...
