Short video clips on making you and family safer; see our bedtime routines and making a fire escape plan clips at:
http://www.shropshirefire.gov.uk/safety-home/fire-safety-advice
Please remember to be careful with bonfires as well as fireworks.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service would like to encourage residents to attend an organised bonfire if possible.
It is much better to manage more
Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service are appealing to everyone to take great care this bonfire night. We recommend that you visit an organised display, however we have included useful guidance for people organising public displays.
These tips are intended for those organisers who are mounting firework displays for the general public in the attachments below. There is also important information about your responsibilities to the public and your staff.
Retired vicar Canon John Holden presents a cheque for £1,400 to the Church Stretton firefighters who cut him free from the mangled wreckage of his car after a head-on crash on the A49 near Dorrington earlier this year.
The 81 year-old recently completed a 50 mile sponsored cycle ride and he handed part of the proceeds - £1,400 – to the Fire Fighters’ Charity when he visited Church Stretton fire station recently.
“I wanted to do something to say thank you to the firefighters more
The Wrekin was the spectacular setting for a dramatic joint training exercise involving firefighters and a cave rescue team.
In a carefully staged re-construction, a climber was left dangling from his rope after becoming stuck on a sheer cliff face.
Firefighters from Telford and Wellington set up equipment at the top of cliff and used it to lower a member of the Midlands Cave Rescue team down to the stranded climber.
Soon afterwards the climber and the cave rescue team more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is backing a campaign to raise awareness of hate crime and make it easier for people to recognize and report incidents.
A hate crime reporting centre has been set up at the fire service’s Shrewsbury headquarters in St Michael’s Street and posters are being displayed on fire appliances.
The move is part of a joint effort by local councils, the fire and rescue service, police and other organisations – all members of a recently-formed Hate Crime more
With the "university season" beginning for many, fire safety might not be too high on your list of priorities whilst you are studying and socialising; taking the time to read some fire safety tips below and they might just save your life though.
Each and every university or college has a person responsible for fire safety. If you spot a fire risk or have any concerns then you should speak to them.
A Shropshire sportsman is all fired up ready to play rugby for his country - and hoping for a better result than the national side in the Rugby World Cup.
For Ludlow firefighter George Jacks (25) has been picked for the second time to play for the England fire service’s national squad.
A flanker for Ludlow Rugby Club, George will wear the number six shirt when he represents his country against Wales on October 15 at the Saracen’s ground in London with a 20,000 more
More than 300 students will watch a car crash “victim” released from the wreckage of a vehicle by firefighters at a road safety education event in Newport on Thursday.
The stark demonstration in front of students aged 18 to 25 will be staged at Harper Adams University at 6.45pm by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Shrewsbury car dealership Rybrook MINI has donated an old Saab car which will have its windows and roof carefully removed by firefighters using more
Diversity Open Day at Shrewsbury Fire Station
Shrewsbury Fire Station will be the setting on Saturday (Oct 10th) for an open day aimed at celebrating diversity.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service says everyone is welcome to come along to the diversity open day between 10am and 1pm when visitors can enjoy a close up look at hi-tech, frontline fire-fighting appliances and tour the modern fire station.
There will also be a dramatic demonstration of what happens more
During the last week of September each year we conduct free electric blanket testing. This year we held sessions in Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Bridgnorth. Councillor Jean Jones, Fire Authority member, popped in to give her support at a couple of the sessions. She found it very interesting and didn’t realise how popular electric blankets still are. RMW Electrical of Shrewsbury tested 82 altogether with 16 failing. Alison Teece, from the prevention department said “we do generally expect an more
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