Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has received a top accolade for its NVQ delivery for both firefighters and non-uniform staff.
The county’s Training and Development Centre at Telford Central Fire Station has been praised as “outstanding” after an external audit.
The national praise comes as it was revealed that Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is held up as a “beacon” of training excellence with other services across the country looking to share its Firefighter Development more
A new Incident Control Centre for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has just gone “live” after the cancellation of the national Fire Control Project in December 2010.
“Cancellation of the national Fire Control Project left us with a system well past it’s sell by date. We had to act.” Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond said today after the publication of the report into the failure of the Regional Control Centre which would have moved the service out of the county.
“Can you more
On Monday 26th September a Celebration of Success evening will be held at The Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury for RDS Firefighters who have completed their recruit training.
The evening is a way of acknowledging the efforts of the recruits in reaching this stage of their development programme and officially welcoming them in to the organisation. The Chief Fire Officer and Chair of the Shropshire & Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority, Councillor Stuart West will present the recruits with more
Be vigilant – that is the message from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service after a series of possible arson attacks to gorse and grassland in south Shropshire.
Firefighters have attended nine fires around the Catherton Common area, near Cleobury Mortimer, in the past six weeks. They also attended another grassland fire on The Common in April this year. (pictured)
The fires broke out on August 1 with the last attack at 9.44pm on September 13 when multiple crews from Cleobury more
The Rainbow Film Festival will be celebrating its sixth year this October at the Old Market Hall cinema, Shrewsbury.
Open to everyone, this year’s festival takes place over a weekend. If you’re out of town, pack your toothbrush, book your hotel and come to Shrewsbury.
From the comfort of your cinema seat, travel from Peru, via the USA, UK and France, to Belarus and witness our experiences in more
An awareness raising campaign targeting young drivers is being launched today by the Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia. The campaign focuses on risky behaviour and the distractions that young drivers may be faced with when they are behind the wheel.
Young motorists are over represented in road traffic collisions. According to figures from the Safer Roads Partnership, 31% of all collisions in West Mercia involve drivers aged between 17 and 24 years old. Over the past 3 years 18 more
Raising money for cystic fibrosis – that is the aim of a 300 mile bike ride planned by two ardent Shropshire charity supporters which will take them through three countries visiting three capital cities in Europe.
Wellington firefighter Nick Herbert (47) and brother-in-law Keith Roberts (56), a member of Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority, are due to set off on the London to Brussels expedition of a European charity cycling challenge on Tuesday. (September 13)
Keith, who is more
Police today issued a witness appeal following an arson attack on a Shrewsbury home which caused smoke and fire damage.
The incident happened at around 11am on Friday at a house in Whitehouse Gardens, Ditherington.
Plastic panels beneath a window at the back of the premises were set alight. The fire spread up the wall to a window, causing the glass to crack, before spreading to curtains and a bedroom.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service quickly dealt with the fire but the more
Police are appealing for information following an arson attack on an unoccupied Telford home.
The incident happened at an address in Western Rise in Ketley between 2:30pm and 3pm on Bank Holiday Monday (29 August).
An ignited piece of paper was put through the letterbox, causing a fire in the porch of the property.
The smoke alarms were activated, which alerted a neighbour to the fire.
The neighbour immediately called the fire service and also attempted to more
Shropshire firefighters were called out to rescue a dog trapped down a rabbit hole just weeks after getting to the finals of the national Dogs Trust Honours 2011 for a similar animal rescue.
This time it took Oswestry firefighters a relatively short time to free Jake the Jack Russell trapped a metre down a rabbit hole at Weston Rhyn.
Their colleagues had worked tirelessly for three hours to save another dog called Cookie trapped in a myriad of underground rabbit holes near more
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