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4th February, 2010

The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is advising motorists to watch out for ice forming on the roads as temperatures continue to plummet across West Mercia.

Adverse weather conditions are continuing to make driving conditions...

4th February, 2010

A wheelie bin may have been deliberately placed next to a gas pipe before being set on fire on a Telford housing estate, warned the fire crime investigation officer from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

Derek Taylor said that both...

4th February, 2010

Fire safety for families from Poland living in Shropshire was served up at a social evening held at a county fire station.

A number of Polish families who have now made their homes in the county were invited to Oswestry Fire Station along...

4th February, 2010

Arriva is helping Shropshire firefighters get over important fire safety messages this festive season.
The bus company has put up one of the brigade's warning posters - showing a child's teddy bears blackened by fire - free of charge on its...

4th February, 2010

A Shropshire fire station, which lay dormant for 20 years, has reopened to the sound of a 1930s siren after a £139,000 revamp.

Shifnal Fire Station, which first opened in the 1930s, has been rescued from ruin and transformed into an...

4th February, 2010

Drinking large amounts of alcohol and cooking is a "dangerous cocktail" at Christmas, warn community fire safety officers.

Shropshire fire crews have been giving out the message at fire safety events across the county in a bid to prevent...

4th February, 2010

Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority has been praised by an independent watchdog for making the county one of the safest in the UK with fires at a record low.

Property fires are down, arson is "greatly reducing," businesses are safer with...

4th February, 2010

During November 2009, officers from the Business Fire Safety Enforcement team and officers from Community Services, Housing Renewal Team of Shropshire Council held a joint training session at Craven Arms Fire Station.

The subject of the...

4th February, 2010

Shropshire firefighters used condemned buildings at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to carry out an emergency rescue exercise last night (Tue).

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been working in partnership with the Trust to make use of...

4th February, 2010

Don't drink alcohol and cook – that is the message from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, keen to cut the number of house fires caused by householders who are under the influence of alcohol

A billboard has been unveiled at the entrance...

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