Shropshire firefighters are ready for any emergency and in Market Drayton they have been fine tuning their skills to deal with a chemical spillage.
The on call fire crew arrived at their fire station for their weekly drill night to be called to action to cope with an exercise involving the outbreak of an unknown chemical in a building where all but one of the occupants had escaped.
“We make the training as realistic as possible so that the crew has to go through the more
Hundreds of students watched firefighters free a car crash “victim” from the wreckage of a car last night (Thursday, Sept 28) in a dramatic road safety education event.
The demonstration in front of students aged 18 to 25 was staged at Harper Adams University’s main Newport campus by firefighters from Newport fire station.
Firefighter Martin Richardson provided watching students with a live commentary as a team of firefighters used cutting equipment to free student volunteer “ more
On Monday (Sept 25) we hosted Brigadier Afzal Malik (Principal of the Army Public School and College in Rawalpindi, Pakistan) and his daughter Erum Afzal, a lecturer at Rawalpindi City College.
Father and daughter came to the UK to visit the Hadley Learning Community and popped into Wellington fire station, as Mr Malik was interested in how organisations outside of education contribute to pupils educational plans. We then presented our schools programme to the pair, a programme our more
Senior representatives from Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service, Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service, West Midlands Ambulance Service and West Mercia Police came together this week (21 September) to publically pledge their commitment to work towards being dementia friendly organisations.
On a national level, The National Chiefs Council (NFCC), The National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC), and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) met in May to pledge their more
More women from across Shropshire want to become firefighters after attending the latest taster session at a county fire station.
A total of ten toured Market Drayton fire station on Saturday to hear about how firefighting is a career choice for both men and women at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
They were shown around fire appliances, tried on fire kit for size and put on breathing apparatus under instruction from the Market Drayton crew.
They chatted to more
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
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