Shropshire's High Sheriff was literally in the driving seat to see at first hand how firefighters rescue victims of county road crashes.
Anna Turner was cut out of a green Fiesta in a training exercise carried out by six firefighters during a visit to Telford Fire Station this afternoon (Wednesday).
She went through the motions of hearing the rescue tender arrive before being 'stabilised' by the first firefighter on the scene, a trained trauma technician.
The car was more
A two year-old dog survived a 110ft fall down a disused mineshaft after a dramatic joint rescue by a cave rescue team and Shropshire firefighters.
Tess was being taken for a walk by Telford owner Shaun Panter near Minsterley in south Shropshire yesterday afternoon (Monday, July 20th) when the small dog vanished down the shaft landing in a foot of water at the bottom. Tess managed to swim and crawl onto a small ledge above the water line at the entrance to a disused tunnel to await her more
The numbers of fires, road crashes and accidents in the home have been successfully reduced through fire officers working with other agencies, said the newly re-elected chairman of Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority.
Councillor Stuart West, who was unanimously re-elected by members at the authority's annual meeting, said he was "extremely proud" to lead the fire authority which had one of the top performing fire and rescue services in the UK.
They were absolutely more
Clun firefighters are nearing their £5,000 charity target after a gruelling week long walk of Offas Dyke.
Four of the crew walked the 183 miles from Prestatyn to Hay on Wye, suffering blisters on the way, while fellow firefighters stayed in Clun to keep the town's fire appliance fully manned.
The proceeds have helped push their charity raising to £4,000 with £1,000 to go in aid of the Firefighters Charity, Air Ambulance, Community First Responders and the Comfort Fund for Stone more
Press release from Shropshire Council.
Shropshire residents can come together to shape public sector equality procedures.
Shropshire Council, in partnership with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and Shropshire County Primary Care Trust, is hosting two Equality Improvement Workshops.
The first workshop will be held at 3.15pm next Tuesday (14 July) at Oswestry Fire Station; the second on Wednesday 15 July at 1.30pm at Ludlow Assembly Rooms. The organisers invite people more
Rural Shropshire has the best possible fire service with the delivery of the 19th and final upgraded fire truck to a retained fire station in the county.
The arrival of the XL Cab at Bishops Castle brings towards an end a £1 million campaign to upgrade appliances operating from Shropshire's 23 fire stations launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
It was a project close to the heart of Chief Fire Officer Alan Taylor who retires at the end of June after overseeing the more
A group of people, some with breathing problems, are exposed to an unknown contaminant in Exercise Brave Heart a major training operation launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service in which emergency crews have to cope with a potentially life threatening situation.
The exercise in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) and mass decontamination procedures took place at a Shropshire military establishment at MOD Donnington in Telford, Shropshire, involving a total of 50 more
Once again Staff from Ludlow fire Station and friends are putting a team in to take part in national three peaks challenge.
The three peaks challenge consists of climbing Ben Nevis, Scarfel pike, and Snowden in a gruelling twenty four hours. They have their sights set high for this year's event and are hoping to finish in under eighteen and half hours. The charity on which they will be raising money for this year is the Firefighter Charity.
They have also managed to get some more
A large road traffic collision, involving many vehicles, occurred on a busy carriageway on the outskirts of Telford on the evening of Thursday 28 May 2009. In fact, it was the latest in a series of training exercises to be carried out using the internal roadway system within the MOD complex at Donnington.
The incident involved a large goods vehicle, several saloon cars and a motorcycle, with casualties trapped inside three vehicles and a motorcyclist lying seriously injured on the more
Sprinklers saved a Shropshire DIY store from burning to the ground in a midnight arson attack, a senior fire officer revealed today.
Oswestry's Homebase suffered minimal stock damage after the store's sprinkler system was triggered when fireraisers deliberately set fire to wooden garden furniture inside a temporary store last month. (April 30) The blaze quickly spread through metal clad walls igniting mattresses and other goods inside the main building.
The damage would have more
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