Word is spreading about a successful scheme helping to transform the lives of Shropshire employees with dyslexia.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, with a higher ratio of dyslexic staff than the 10 per cent population average, is one of a few public sector organisations to run a support programme acclaimed for changing the lives of staff with dyslexia and Meares Irlen syndrome.
Brigade chaplain Rev Murray McBride, who has dyslexia, has since started a self help group more
Hodnet firefighters added a real touch of class when they staged a charity car wash at the fire station on Saturday (26 Sept).
A 1935 Bentley originally owned by Graham Campbell, who broke land and water speed records in the 1920s 30s, was carefully washed by the Hodnet crew.
The beautiful Bentley’s current owner, local man, Peter Hodson, kindly donated £50 – a big boost to the £350 total the car wash raised for the Fire Fighters’ Charity and the Hodnet Scout and Guide Group. more
Lord Digby Jones keenly watched Shropshire firefighters as they professionally freed a driver “trapped” in the wreckage of a car in a road safety demonstration in the county.
He later sat inside the car, which had its roof removed, for photos to help publicise the campaign to raise awareness about road safety for business drivers.
The road safety event was organised by the TTC Group in Telford which educates 320,000 road users each year.
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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are currently providing a series of Business Education Seminars aimed at increasing awareness of the change of legislation that came into force in October 2006 -The Regulatory Reform ( Fire Safety) Order.
It is our ambition to offer as much support and guidance as we can to help you reduce the risk of fire affecting your business and employees. We understand that many people may be unaware of the statutory requirements, nevertheless you are legally more
The first “taster” day of 2015 to encourage more people from a wide range of cultural backgrounds to join the fire service as on call firefighters has been held in Shropshire.
An Army veteran, ex-student, office worker and engineer turned up at Wellington Fire Station in Telford at the weekend to talk to firefighters, tour the station, watch equipment demonstrations and hear about the recruitment process and career information.
It was all part of a campaign by more
Rock star Brian Ferry helped raise more than £200 for the Firefighters’ Charity at Wellington Fire Station’s open day.
His champagne gift to firefighters who helped save the life of son Merlin in a car crash in Shropshire last year was raffled at the event.
Raffle ticket sales were high during Saturday’s open day which saw a good public turnout watch Wellington firefighters showcase their skills including a demonstration from the brigade’s animal rescue team.
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Firefighters will be in action to showcase their skills at an open day at Wellington Fire Station on Saturday, September 5.
Highlights include a demonstration from the brigade’s animal rescue team which featured on BBC Breakfast TV earlier this year.
There will also be an eye catching display of the ferocity of a chip pan fire, a variety of pump and ladder drills, as well as important advice on fire safety for the home and business.
Street Pastors will talk more
A hate crime is an offence committed against a person or property motivated by the perpetrator's hostility and prejudice towards people because they are seen as being different. You can report hate crime or hate incidents either by directly contacting the police or through other partner organisations and agencies, including Shropshire Fire and Rescue Services. You can come into SFRS headquarters in St Michaels Street, Shrewsbury, between 9am – 4pm weekdays. Alternatively, you can click on more
Driving instructors in Shropshire are being invited to join the fire and rescue service, Safer Roads Partnership and local councils in a joint campaign aimed at cutting the number of road collisions involving young people.
The ‘Honest Truth Partnership’ was set up following the death of three young people in a road accident in Devon last year and since then the campaign has spread to many other areas of the UK. The basis of the campaign is to develop a relationship between those more
Firefighters wearing special gas-tight suits and using breathing apparatus “rescued” three students from Wrekin College in Wellington on Monday (Aug 10) following a gas and chemical leak.
But the dramatic “rescue” was part of a life-like exercise designed to tests the skills of firefighters from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Two dozen firefighters from the Wellington and Tweedale fire stations took part in the exercise watched by senior SFRS officers and observers.
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