The first regional heat of this year's fire quiz organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been won by pupils from Oldbury Wells School with Bishops Castle Community College taking the runners up spot.
Year 7 youngsters from nine schools took part in the quiz held at Church Stretton School on Tuesday, March 20th. Teams taking part also included schools from Church Stretton, Bridgnorth Endowed, William Brookes, Adcote, Ellesmere College, Wrekin College and Oswestry School. more
The second regional heat of this year's fire quiz organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been won by pupils from the Wakeman School with the Lakelands School in Ellesmere taking the runners up spot.
Year 7 youngsters from nine schools took part in the quiz held at the Priory School on March 22nd. Teams taking part also included schools from The Grange, Wakeman, Sundorne, Belvidere, Meole Brace, Mary Webb, Lakelands, and Corbet School.
All the county's 11-year-olds more
A regional heat of this year's county fire quiz organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been won by pupils from the Marches School in Oswestry with Newport Girls High School taking the runners up spot.
Year 7 youngsters from eight schools took part in the quiz held at Thomas Adams School, Wem, with pupils from the Marches, Sir John Talbot, The Grove, Burton Borough, Adams Grammar, Newport Girls High and Rhyn Park.
All the county's 11-year-olds have been brushing up more
Firefighters and their families have been praised for helping to make Shropshire one of the best performing fire services in the UK.
Fire authority chairman Nigel Hartin thanked wives and family members for their support which contributed towards firefighters doing "such a wonderful job."
He was speaking at the brigade's annual ceremony to present Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to 24 firefighters and their wives and partners at the Shrewsbury fire HQ and attended by the more
Telford people are to be asked their views on the biggest change in sex equality legislation in 30 years which is due to come into force in April.
The changes aim to help men, women, boys and girls to be free from discrimination and to receive services that meet their needs better.
"In the past, it has been up to individuals to challenge organisations when they felt they were being treated unfairly because of their sex. In future it will be up to public bodies to make sure they more
This year's fire quiz organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is hotting up with four regional heats due to take place at 36 schools across Shropshire.
The county's 11-year-olds are brushing up their knowledge ready to answer a series of questions on a wide range of safety issues including how to stay safe with fire, water, on the roads and railways, how to deal with school bullies, facts on alcohol and tobacco, and what to do in an emergency.
Pupils have all been more
An investigation has been launched by local Police and Fire Officers in Shrewsbury after a serious garage fire occurred during the early hours of Saturday morning.
Two fire appliances and an Incident Commander from Shrewsbury fought for two hours at the scene in Salters Lane, Coleham where they were faced with a blaze involving three single storey terraced garages and four vehicles, two of which were destroyed.
The origin of the fire was doubtful and Police and Fire more
The Fire Services National Benevolent Fund and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service will be holding it's 1st Shropshire Ladies Driving Challenge on Saturday 24th March 2007.
The Driving Challenge charity fundraiser is an exciting opportunity for women in Shropshire and surrounding areas to get behind the wheels of a variety of powerful and unusual vehicles, and experience a unique day of thrills, spills and enjoyment. In organising the event, the UK's largest Fire Service charity hope more
A pub's kitchen and roof space have been damaged by a blazing fire in Telford.
Two fire crews from Wellington and one from Telford were sent to The Church Wickets Pub in Dawley at 10.55am this morning to discover the kitchen extension in flames.
Fire-fighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the fire for less than ninety minutes to bring the blaze under control.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the fire service.
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A family were lucky to be alive today after being rescued from their burning home in Brookside, Telford.
A neighbour alerted the fire service of a house fire in the early hours of this morning and two fire crews from Telford and an Incident Commander from Shrewsbury were sent to the property. When arriving at the scene crews were faced with a fire on the ground floor of the home and it was quickly established that there were people still asleep upstairs.
An additional fire more
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