Shropshire firefighters recently took part in a chemical incident training exercise organised at Bridgnorth Aluminium’s processing plant.
Crews from Ludlow and Much Wenlock were mobilised to the incident and were told on arrival that there had been a chemical spill inside one of the buildings and that two workers were missing. Firefighters in breathing apparatus entered the building and quickly located and rescued the two casualties.
As further crews of firefighters donned more
A smoke alarm saved a young woman’s life in a house fire in Shrewsbury late last night (Tues)
Shrewsbury firefighters wearing breathing apparatus forced their way into the house in York Road, Harlescott, at 10.30pm when next door neighbours heard the sound of the smoke detector.
They rescued her from an upstairs bedroom where she had been sleeping.
Fire chiefs today said that if it wasn’t for the smoke alarm, the woman may have died. She was treated at the scene by more
Firefighters are preparing for a major training exercise to deal with a gas cloud over Shrewsbury caused by a supposed chemical spillage at an oil depot.
Morris Lubricants has volunteered their works site so that county fire crews can gain knowledge and practice their skills in dealing with a potential major incident involving hazardous materials.
The exercise at 7pm on Wednesday, February 1, will see crews from across the county called to deal with a reported chemical spill more
The death of a lone, elderly and vulnerable woman in a house fire was tragically predicted by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
In a report to the fire authority in December, fire chiefs forecast that the next victim of a house fire in Shropshire would be an elderly woman, living alone, in a house with a smoke alarm that was probably not working.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer John Redmond, who compiled the report for the Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority, said that Shropshire more
Police officers are investigating following a car fire in Woodside Telford at the weekend.
The incident occurred outside an address on Wantage, Woodside Telford on Sunday 15 January and police believe the car was set alight deliberately.
At around 8.15pm, it appears that an unknown individual smashed a window on a silver Peugeot 206 that was parked on the street and then used matches or a lighter to set fire to the back seat.
The fire was seen by a local resident and more
The Fire Minister was in Shropshire to officially open the county’s newly renovated fire HQ.
Bob Neill MP was given a tour of the new control room - the first in the UK to open after the cancellation of the failed regional control project.
He was shown the state of the art equipment necessary for rapid mobilisation of fire engines answering 999 calls across the county.
The Minister also opened the newly renovated Shrewsbury fire station and emergency vehicle workshops more
Well known holocaust survivor Ben Helfgott gives a talk at New College.
Ben's story is a remarkable one - covering the Nazi invasion of his native Poland, life as a Jew in the first ghetto in Europe, the murder of both his parents and how he eventually found his way to England.
At the age of 15 in 1948, he arrived in the UK and describes himself as a "walking skeleton" but just 10 years later he represented the UK at the Olympic Games in Melbourne as a weight lifter. He then more
Memorial exhibition in the VIP Suite at the council's Civic Offices, which will be opened by Holocaust survivor Kurt Fleischer.
The Equalities Forum Group is holding an event in the Council Chamber at Shirehall on Friday, 27 January 2012 which will include:
Numbers for this event are limited so if more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and Telford and Wrekin Council have issued a joint warning to householders to take extra care with portable heaters after a Telford family narrowly escaped a house fire which ripped through their home.
Mum Rebecca Coffey managed to lower her three children, including a six week old baby, to safety from a bedroom window as her partner Ian escaped out of the kitchen window.
Fire investigators say the severe blaze ripped through the home within more
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