Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond has announced his retirement after a distinguished 33 year career in the Fire and Rescue Service.
He has led Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to become one of the best run brigades in the UK despite being one of the smallest and heavily underfunded – while reducing the annual cost of the service by over £3 million.
He streamlined the brigade while maintaining public safety at the same time as giving the Service’s 450 firefighters more
A man was today confirmed to have died in a severe fire which completely destroyed his Shropshire bungalow.
A total of 40 firefighters from three fire and rescue services were called to the property in the village of Alveley, near Bridgnorth, yesterday.
Multiple 999 calls were made by neighbours at around 3.30pm (Wednesday, December 12th) as fire took hold in the 15 metre by 10 metre detached bungalow at Millfields, Birds Green.
Local firefighters from Bridgnorth and more
More than half of the house fires Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are called to each year start in the kitchen, revealed the brigade’s community fire safety team.
They will be in Telford town centre on Thursday, December 13th with firefighters for three days to talk to Christmas shoppers with advice on how to avoid a house fire, especially during the festive celebrations.
Free home fire safety checks are available to everyone when firefighters will visit your home and point more
A 20ft Christmas tree arrived at a Shropshire church in time for an annual carol service with the help of firefighters.
The festive fir arrived in style at All Saints Church, Wellington, on board a reserve fire engine delivered by an off duty fire crew ready for the brigade’s Festival of Carols service tomorrow. (Wednesday, December 12th)
Donated by Hoo Farm, the tree will be the centre of attraction for churchgoers throughout the festive season. It was decorated by more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have attended ten incidents in the last month in the Sutton Hill area of Telford, involving wheelie bins and commercial wheelie bins.
The majority of the incidents have been in the Skate Park and around the Sutton Hill Centre between 4.30pm and 8.40pm.
We are urging people to secure wheelie bins at the rear of properties and only put the bins out on the day of collection.
Commercial wheelie bins should be at least 6m away from more
Police in Shropshire have warned they will be targeting drink drivers in the coming weeks, knowing the Christmas period will tempt some motorists to take risks.
Senior officers are urging drivers not to put lives at risk by succumbing to temptation.
Chief Inspector David McWilliam, in charge of Response Policing for Shropshire, said: "All our operational staff have been reminded to contribute towards the Drink and Drug Driving campaign being held throughout December. They are more
The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in the region to take extra care as the met office predicts a further drop in temperature over the next few days. With rain and sleet also predicted motorists are being advised to take extra care, particularly on wet and icy roads.
Driving in wet and icy conditions can be particularly challenging for drivers as vehicle handling changes and stopping times and distances greatly increase. It is important to more
The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends will ring out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols.
Pupils from the Old Hall School and Dothill more
The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire to take extra care as the weather turns colder this winter, particularly on wet roads from the recent heavy rain and flooding.
The partnership is urging drivers to be prepared for potentially hazardous driving conditions and, in the event of severe weather, follow their advice about driving on snowy, icy and wet roads. Driving in these more
Crews were called in the early hours of this morning to reports of an adult male trapped in fast flowing flood water who had attempted to cross a ford.
On arrival crews liaised with the Police, West Midlands Ambulance and the HART team.
The rescue teams were met with a torrent of water and a car stuck facing up stream underneath a footbridge.
Station Manager Griffiths said “Water First Responders immediately set about putting downstream safety in place in the form of more
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