Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has willingly taken the opportunity to join with local authorities to boost support for the COVID-19 vaccination roll out today. 

The plans were announced yesterday and already more than 40 firefighters and support staff have initially volunteered for roles. 

They will be involved with assisting wheelchair users access vaccination centres safely, traffic and crowd management and logistical support with further roles set to be introduced more

River levels are still rising, and flood warnings are in place for the River Severn at Ironbridge and Jackfield with levels expected to peak tonight. Flooding is also expected in Bridgnorth in due course. 

Chief Fire Officer Rod Hammerton said: “Around two-thirds of drowning deaths in the UK happen at inland waters, many of those involved people who never intended to go in the water.

“Also, given the COVID-19 pandemic, we all have a part to play in keeping our county’ more

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received just under 100 flooding-related calls within 14 hours.

Over the last two days, between 5pm and midnight, the Fire Control team received calls for rescues from stranded vehicles and properties where flooding posed a risk to life and for advice around rising water levels near people’s homes.

Shrewsbury Station Manager, Craig Jackson supported the coordination of the responses and said: “We have been busy during the night helping people more

An off-duty firefighter’s actions meant two canoeists were ‘lucky to escape with their lives’ after capsizing on the River Severn.

Firefighter Andrew Reeves from Much Wenlock on-call station and his wife Emily, spotted two shapes in the River Severn while driving over the Buildwas bridge.

Firefighter Reeves identified two men in distress being carried by the river after their canoes had capsized. The heavily swollen flood conditions meant the water was extremely cold and more