Ludlow Fire Station was a hive of activity at a recent training night which saw 3 appliances, the Environmental Pod and a ranger with crews from four RDS stations taking part in two training exercises which were running at the same time.
Crews from Ludlow and Albrighton took part in a Hazardous Materials Exercise which involved dealing with a simulated chemical spill and then being decontaminated, they were supported by a crew from Tweedale who operated the decontamination unit which more
Newport Fire Station will be holding a recruitment morning on Saturday 14th April 9am until 1pm, with an aim of recruiting new retained fire fighters for the town.
The event which is being held at the Fire Station on Salter’s Lane, Newport is being run as a number of people have recently retired from the Service.
There will be displays of equipment and information on the application, recruitment and training processes that any applicant will need to complete.
moreNewport needs new firefighters ready to turn out to answer emergency callouts in and around the town.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is looking for men and women to join the team of skilled firefighters at Newport Fire Station who answer about 150 calls each year to deal with house fires, road crashes, and a wide range of other incidents.
A recruitment morning is being held at the Salters Lane station on Saturday, April 14 from 9am to 1pm with the aim of recruiting new more
Shropshire MPs are demanding fairer funding for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
North Shropshire MP Owen Paterson, who is also the Northern Ireland Secretary, is in talks with fellow Government Ministers about Shropshire’s “unfair deal” compared to other brigades.
Shropshire’s population spread over a rural 1,235 square miles means it gets less funding to run its fire and rescue service.
Similar sized Humberside gets £28.60 per head of population compared to just £ more
West Mercia Police have reported that a 32-year-old Oswestry man has been arrested in connection with three arson attacks in the town that took place between 28 February and 6 March.
The man is in custody being interviewed about arson attacks on a derelict house in Middleton Road, the Zion Fitness Centre in Coney Green and a signal box at the Cambrian Railway Visitor Centre in Oswald Road.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service in partnership with West Mercia Police are committed more
The Fire Kills campaign is urging people to make a potentially life-saving move when they change their clocks on Sunday 25 March - by taking a moment to test their smoke alarm too.
Love it or loathe it, the twice-yearly clock change is a routine part of everyone's lives. Losing that extra hour's sleep on Sunday 25 March may not be appealing, but turning the clocks forward will already be on the 'to-do' list of nearly all UK households.
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Shropshire must get fair funding from the Government to run its fire and rescue service, says Shropshire & Wrekin Fire Authority.
A campaign to lobby Ministers gained momentum as it was revealed that a small increase in Government grant could freeze the portion of council tax paid to fund Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Councillor Stuart West, chair of the Fire Authority, today appealed for people to write to their local MP to demand fair funding for the county fire more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are asking everyone to take extra care in the area of Catherton Common, Clee Hill after several fires were reported in the area in the last 3 days.
At 11.42am on Friday 9th March crews from Cleobury Mortimer, Ludlow, Church Stretton, Kidderminster and Bewdley were called to 500m2 of gorse on fire at Catherton Common.
At 11.52am on Sunday 11th March crews from Cleobury Mortimer were called to 100m2 of more
Some motorists can probably remember those memorable adverts; ‘clunk-click with every trip’ in the 1970’s encouraging people to wear their seatbelts. It has been the law for drivers and front seat passengers to wear their seat belts since 1983, with rear passenger under 14 being required to wear them by law since 1989 and adult rear passengers since 1991.
The Safer Roads Partnership and West Mercia Police are launching a new campaign to encourage motorists to belt up. The vast more
The Government has agreed to fully fund the £1.8 million needed to run a new “state of the art” control centre which has improved the speed of firefighter call outs in Shropshire, it was revealed today.
A jubilant Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond today welcomed the funding boost.
“I am delighted that we have been awarded the full amount of funding that we bid for. We can now pay for the state of the art 999 system without further impact on the pockets of local tax payers.
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