Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is involved in a "cutting edge" scheme to help integrate Europe's diverse emergency response systems by making information instantly available to fire, police and ambulance control rooms.
Fire officers and control room staff from Shrewsbury HQ joined a 60 strong fire, police and ambulance contingent from across the EU to trial a state of the art computer software system designed for cross border management of disasters.
Exercise Oasis is a more
Press release by The Fire Fighters Charity
Over the last 12 months, a record number of people have been helped by the award winning organisation - The Fire Fighters Charity. Precisely 13,541 men, women and children from the fire community have benefitted from the Charity's services this year, touching more people's lives than at any other time in organisation's history.
Within just four years, The Fire Fighters Charity has increased the more
Make a Difference""
Over 700 bikers stopped off at Swancote Country Club in Bridgnorth last night where a motorcycle safety event was held to raise awareness of motorcycle safety on Shropshire roads.
A stark new bike safety campaign poster showing the mock-up of a motorcycle crash along with the caption 'Will we see you again?' was displayed on Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service's Community Outreach Vehicle.
The motorcycle used in the photograph was involved in a fatal road traffic collision more
A Shropshire town has the unenviable record of being the motorcycle death and accident capital of the UK, it was revealed today.
Proportionately there are more bikers killed and seriously injured in and around the picturesque town of Bridgnorth than anywhere else in Britain, says the Community Safety Partnership.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, whose firefighters are regularly called to recover the dead and rescue the injured from road crashes, is working with Bridgnorth more
Shropshire and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Services' held a joint exercise on 9 May 2008 in Nash, Nr Ludlow.
The aim of the joint exercise was to improve working practices between the Services' and to evaluate search and rescue equipment used at road traffic collisions and building collapses.
The scene was attended by approximately thirty firefighters along with three organisers and three observers. Combined fire crews included Tenbury Wells and Cleobury Mortimer more
Ashley Brown, a retained firefighter stationed at Bridgnorth will be fund-raising and raising awareness for Asthma UK, in memory of his son Cameron.
Cameron had a fatal Asthma attack aged two in February this year.
Ashley will be doing a series of walks and challenges throughout the year, starting off with the Bridgnorth Sponsored Walk on 26th May 2008. This is a 22 mile walk starting and finishing in Bridgnorth, with the route taking in the summit of Brown Clee hill. He will more
Just before 1am on Saturday 10 May two Appliances and an Incident Commander from Shrewsbury were alerted to a strong smell of burning and a smoke detector activating in Worcester Road, Harlescott, Shrewsbury.
On arrival Firefighters had to gain entry to a property through a first floor window using a ladder as no one could be raised at the address.
Following a brief search, one male adult was discovered asleep and was led to safety.
The fire involved food on a grill more
Bridgnorth District Council have launched a joint initiative with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to boost recruitment of Firefighters in Bridgnorth. The District Council have agreed to allow its employees to join the towns' fire station and to respond to emergency incidents whilst at work.
Chief Fire Officer Alan Taylor said "We welcome the opportunity to work in partnership with the District Council. We have 28 fire appliances in Shropshire of which 23 are crewed entirely by men more
Wrockwardine Wood Arts College has won the annual fire safety quiz organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service beating ten other Shropshire schools to take the coveted 2008 title.
A total of 33 of the county's senior schools originally entered the popular competition entitled Be Cool Be Safe which delivers important safety messages to 6,000 year 7 pupils each year.
Wholetime firefighters from 14 watches "adopted" a senior school, regularly visiting classrooms, to get over more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Service Headquarters
St Michael's Street
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 2HJ
Tel: 01743 260 200
Email: enquiries@shropshirefire.gov.uk
Staff Web Mail
