Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging residents in Shropshire to protect themselves against “the deadly threat” of carbon monoxide poisoning and ensure they have a CO alarm in the home as part of Gas Safety Week 2017 from Sept 18 to 25th
They want the public to be aware about the main symptoms of “the silent killer” often caused by a faulty boiler or cooker, blocked flue, chimney or vent.
The effects of carbon monoxide are headaches, dizziness, nausea, more
Electric blankets can be a serious fire safety risk, warn Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, which is offering free checks at some of their county fire stations in September.
A quarter of electric blankets are condemned as dangerous after they fail the test, revealed Fire Safety Officer Alison Teece.
“Your electric blanket may appear safe, especially if it is not very old but damage to the blanket is not always visible and this can lead to it catching fire,” warned more
More women are wanted as “on call” county firefighters in a continuing campaign being run by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
With just six per cent of female firefighters, the service wants to encourage more women to join with the latest of a series of “taster” days being held at Market Drayton Fire Station on Saturday, September 16 from 9.30am to 12.30.
Watch Manager Mark Smith says: “Once the fire kit is worn, the public don’t know which are men and women, except more
Shrewsbury firefighters have been praised for their kindness in helping the “innocent child victims” of Chernobyl who visit Shropshire each year for respite.
They stepped in to pay for an extra flight ticket for Angelina, a 16-year-old girl who desperately wanted to come on the trip of a lifetime after missing out six years earlier because she had cancer.
The fire crew from Blue Watch, who went to Manchester Airport to pick up the contingent, also arranged for new more
Fire safety experts are urging householders to have their chimneys swept before the onset of colder weather tempts them to light fires.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service says it is launching its annual chimney fire safety campaign earlier than usual in a bid to persuade people to have their chimneys swept before most feel the need to light a fire.
In the last two years Shropshire firefighters have been called to 350 chimney fires and in the majority of cases un-swept more
It was a fun day out for all the family at Wellington Fire Station’s annual open day.
Children got the chance to check out the fire hoses and climb aboard a number of fire engines.
They also learned potentially lifesaving skills of how to escape from a house fire with a walk through a “smoke house,” a specially built tent used to educate them about what to do in case of a house fire.
Firefighters were on hand to give out fire prevention advice, including the more
People with an ambition to be an on call firefighter should go to an open day at Wellington Fire Station on August 19 and talk to firefighters.
The annual event gives everyone the chance to see what their local fire crews do and is popular as a family day out.
Firefighters will showcase their skills with a simulated car rescue and a shocking ferocious fire to show the dangers of using an old fashioned open chip pan which people still have in their kitchens.
The managing director of a long-established county firm has praised the professionalism of firefighters who fought a fire at his company HQ.
Tudor Griffiths, whose family founded the Tudor Griffiths Group over 140 years ago, said the consequences for the firm would have been more severe without the “swift containment” and management of the situation.
“I want to express my thanks and gratitude for the response and thoroughly professional way in which all members of the more
Firefighters and crime-fighters will line up against each other this Sunday (Aug 13) in a charity football match and the public are invited to go along to watch the “blues and twos tussle.”
The match kicks off at 2pm and is the centrepiece of a fun day being staged at the Unison Club’s sports ground to help raise money for the Severn Hospice in Telford.
Shrewsbury firefighter, Andy Davies, who has organised the event along with police officer, Marvin Choudhury, is hoping a more
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