Press release by Safer Roads Partnership
The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is today launching a new campaign, aimed at motorcycle riders, to help reduce casualties and deaths on the region's roads.
Motorcycles last year represented 1% of road traffic but accounted for 18% of all fatalities nationally. Over the past three years in Shropshire and Telford there have been 28 fatalities and 542 casualties following collisions more
Shrewsbury teenagers visited the county fire HQ as part of a Skills for Life course.
A total of seven youngsters aged from 16 to 19 learned about home fire safety, the importance of having smoke alarms and an escape route in case fire breaks out in the home.
Students attend a talk about home fire safety by Community Fire Safety Officer Delyth more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service's Fire Prevention department is one of the first in the UK to go fully digital with tons of "critically important" fire safety paperwork – some dating back to the Second World War.
A total of 1½ million documents containing vital fire safety information were stored in an archive that was "bursting at the seams."
Since the introduction of the Government's Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order in 2005, SFRS has seen a threefold increase in more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is believed to be the first brigade in Britain to meet the tough high standards for environmental management under the British Standards Institute's ISO 14001.
The Shropshire brigade from its Shrewsbury HQ achieved the international standard by introducing a range of environmental initiatives – including recycling the oil filters used on fire appliances - covering all its 23 fire stations spread out across the county.
Over the past year more
The annual fire safety quiz run by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is hotting up as the top ten Shropshire schools go through to the county finals on April 22.
Each school has won its own regional heat or came runner up to qualify for the prestigious final being held at Telford fire station competing for a top prize of £500.
The top ten schools are: Rhyn Park Oswestry; Lakelands, Ellesmere; Priory, Shrewsbury; Newport High school; Blessed Robert Johnson; Sutherland; Lord more
Two light aircraft had collided on landing at Sleap Aerodrome, was the call received by fire control. Information followed that one aircraft was on fire and there were two casualties trapped in the other aircraft. This was the scenario for a North Shropshire mini exercise to test the fire services response to a light aircraft crash and the airfields own emergency systems.
The exercise took place on March 20 and was attended by the Incident Commander from Shrewsbury and fire crews from more
A firefighter praised the actions of a 12-year-old Shropshire boy who took swift action to prevent a catastrophe when fire broke out at his home.
Jordan Lowe returned home to find his kitchen full of smoke, switched off the gas cooker and quickly alerted his mum who was at a neighbour's home.
The schoolboy knew exactly what to do as he had just been on a firesetters' education course run by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service after he had been caught playing with fire only weeks more
A cow in a canal, a disgruntled bull left floundering in a river and a heifer with its head stuck in a feeder are just some of the incidents which Shropshire firefighters have been called to deal with along with house fires and road crash rescues. Now they are being given training by Shropshire Young Farmers in how to handle distressed livestock and other animals in a newly introduced scheme by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
In less than a year, firefighters have attended 45 more
On Saturday 8th March 2008 it was the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund's 'Car Wash' day. This is a national event with staff from fire stations across the country washing cars to raise funds for the FSNBF.
At Tweedale Fire Station the event was once again supported and a total of £265.21 was raised.
A big thank you to Ff Mick Hill and more
The rescue of Shropshire motorists trapped in the wreckage of their cars after a road crash has been given a major boost with a new specialist rescue tender for county firefighters.
The multi purpose rescue appliance has already been used on a number of emergency calls across Shropshire to rescue both people and animals since it was introduced two weeks ago.
Shropshire & Wrekin Fire Authority chairman Stuart West formally handed over the keys to District Support Officer more
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