A team of quickfire quiz experts from Oldbury Wells School, near Bridgnorth, have been declared the winners of this year's fire safety quiz run by Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service.
A total of ten Shropshire schools took part in the final held at Telford Fire Station yesterday (Tuesday 28th) after winning through regional heats involving schools from across the county.
Over the past few weeks, hundreds of year 11 pupils from 47 schools have been researching facts, figures more
A Shrewsbury fire control operator kept a trapped householder calm as she waited for fire crews to arrive at her smoke logged Shropshire home after fire broke out.
Oswestry businesswoman Eirwen Day (44) dialled 999 after seeing smoke pouring up the staircase of her home just after 2pm today (Thursday). She couldn't get downstairs and retreated into a bedroom of the semi detached house in Station Road, Whittington, where she called for help.
Watch manager Ian Titley took her more
Firefighters were praised for their dedicated service to Shropshire at a special awards ceremony held at Shrewsbury Fire HQ.
Lord Lieutenant Algernon Heber-Percy presented Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to ten firefighters from across the county.
He thanked them for their loyalty and bravery in carrying out service to the community and praised wives, partners and children for their support which included giving up holidays and experiencing regular disturbed mealtimes. more
Firefighters were praised for their dedicated service to Shropshire at an awards ceremony held at Shrewsbury Fire HQ including a special award to recognise 40 years service made to Whitchurch Station Manager Mike Beach.
Mike, of Pearl Yard, joined the fire service as a 17-year-old after spending his childhood cycling after fire engines "to find out where the fire was."
He was praised for forging links with the community, motivating staff and pushing forward fire safety more
Hodnet RDS supported by Retained Support Officers recently held a recruit morning on Saturday 21st March at Hodnet Fire Station. The session ran from 10.30am till 1pm and gave potential new recruits an opportunity to take part in various practical sessions such as the equipment carry and ladder climb. They also viewed the recruitment information DVD and Hodnet staff were at hand to discuss the role of a retained firefighter.
The event proved to be a great success with twelve more
A "watchdog" committee set up under Government regulations to hear public complaints about members of the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority has not received a single complaint since the introduction of a new system for dealing locally with complaints, it has been revealed.
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority's Standards Committee, which meets three times a year and is made up of four independent members of the community and four members of the Fire Authority, plans to push ahead more
Prees firefighters have raised £800 for four charities who they have worked with during fire and rescue emergencies.
More than 100 friends and family attended a bingo evening at Prees Cricket Club to raise the cash. It has just been handed over to representatives of the Shropshire Air Ambulance, the Firefighters Charity, WRVS and RNLI at a presentation ceremony held at Prees Fire Station and attended by Chief Fire Officer Alan Taylor.
The event was organised by Alan Smith, a more
Hodnet Fire Station is preparing to hold their first recruitment morning of 2009 on Saturday 21st March 2009 from 10am – 1pm, at the fire station in Station Road Hodnet. Anyone interested in joining, or just wanting to know more about the retained service are encouraged to attend.
Men and women are needed to support their community by taking on the role of a firefighter working the retained duty system. The retained duty system firefighter is a rewarding part-time job that serves more
Employers and local Councillors turned out today to launch the start of the Much Wenlock Fire Station recruitment campaign. Local Councillors and employers joined together along with Firefighters from the station to discuss the importance of finding new people willing, to take up the vital role of a Retained Duty System Firefighter in their community.
"The Fire and Rescue Service in Much Wenlock is a vital part of our community. They are relied upon to respond to many different types more
I am delighted to announce that Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, has joined Stonewall's Diversity Champions programme for employers.
Diversity Champions is Britain's good practice forum for Sexual Orientation issues in the workplace. We will be working with Stonewall Britain's leading gay equality organisation, and other members of the programme, to improve our working environment for our lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) staff and to have a workplace culture which allows our more
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