With a couple of months worth of dark nights and mornings still ahead of us the Safer Roads Partnership are again reminding people when out walking, cycling or running near the roads to think about whether they can be seen by other road users.
As nights and mornings remain dark it is increasingly more difficult for motorists to see other road users. Pedestrians are being encouraged to think about their presence on the roads and wear high visibility clothing and reflective material and more
Shropshire firefighters took to the streets to personally ask the taxpaying public for their views on how their local fire service should look in the future as it faces unprecedented financial cuts.
Retained firefighters – the local fire professionals who also have other full time jobs – who operate out of 22 of the county's 23 fire stations volunteered to ask residents, shoppers and passers-by for their thoughts in the wake of a potential closure of county fire stations due to the more
Police investigating a farm fire near Bridgnorth which caused around £350,000 damage, today issued an appeal for information.
A large Dutch farm and seven items of farm machinery were severely damaged in the blaze at Cranmere Farm, Worfield.
It's believed the fire was deliberately started between 10.45pm on Sunday (Jan 1) and 1.30am the following day.
Police Constable Catherine Rapson, the investigating officer, said today: "It's strongly suspected this is an arson more
On 1 October 2006 a new piece of legislation was introduced into the UK to help safeguard all workplace premises from fire. This fire safety law is called the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. It replaces numerous other pieces of legislation and means now you have one set of rules to comply with, regarding fire safety.
To assist businesses meet this new legislation Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is offering all businesses within Shropshire the more
The Christmas holiday has been a busy time for staff at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Permanently on call at the county’s 23 fire stations, they have dealt with a total of 193 calls since the beginning of December, reported Deputy Chief Fire Officer John Redmond.
Fire crews were involved in a number of severe incidents including:
Arriva has been helping Shropshire firefighters get over important fire safety messages over Christmas and the New Year – on board buses in both the Shrewsbury and Oswestry areas.
The bus company has put up one of the brigade’s warning posters urging people to “stand by their pan” when cooking in the kitchen. More than 60 per cent of house fires start in the kitchen – many when people leave the room with pans on the hob.
Rabinder Dhami, team leader of the community fire more
Shropshire firefighters who pulled two people stranded in deep water to safety had just been trained in water rescue techniques.
Fast flowing flood water was less than a metre away from where a woman was being kept afloat by a heroic young soldier who dived into the River Severn to save her from drowning. Andrew Simpson, a Private with the Mercian Regiment, clung onto a branch to keep the pair above the water line as they waited for rescuers to arrive.
Bridgnorth firefighter more
On the evening of Wednesday 14 October Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust hosted a training exercise at its Ludlow Hospital site to test emergency procedures; this was a joint exercise where Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service was also involved. The simulated incident was a fire gas explosion in a service tunnel this had knocked two maintenance engineers unconscious and one further maintenance engineer had managed to escape the tunnel with minor injuries to raise the alarm. The emergency more
The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is warning motorists in Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Shropshire to be prepared for potentially hazardous driving conditions tomorrow as heavy rain turning to snow is forecast for the Midlands region in the early hours of Friday morning.
The Safer Roads Partnership is urging drivers to be prepared for potentially hazardous driving conditions tomorrow and in the event of severe weather follow their advice about driving on snowy, icy and more
At a packed Shrewsbury Cathedral, around 400 friends, families and guests of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service gathered to celebrate the season of Advent and the birth of Christ.
The service was led by the Brigade’s new chaplain Reverend Murray McBride with music and song performed by the children of St Winefride’s RC School, Shrewsbury. Children, together with the congregation, were enlightened to the spirit of Christmas by an animated Reverend McBride who conducted his sermon from more
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