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Background

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

Background

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

Firefighter and reporter pictured in front of a fire appliance with camera man filming

Shropshire firefighter Stuart Rushton from Telford Central fire station talks to Central TV news reporter Sally Lockwood today (Monday)

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service transmitted its fire safety messages about the importance of smoke alarms far and more

Friends, family, and firefighters pose with posters and smoke alarms in front of the house

Has your home got a smoke alarm asks the Fitzsimmons family whose lives were saved when their smoke alarm went off. They are pictured surrounded by friends, neighbours and firefighters who all helped after their devastating Shropshire house fire

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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a report of a car fire in Tan Bank, Wellington at 1.14am, Friday 25th October 2013 involving a Vauxhall Corsa. The fire was out on arrival.

The fire is believed to have been started deliberately.

Anyone with any information is asked to ring West Mercia Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

A team of 10 Shropshire firefighters used a safety line and ladder to pull a woman to safety after she fell down a gaping 30ft hole which opened up as a garden path collapsed under her shortly after 1pm yesterday.

The woman had to hang on to tree roots after she fell as she took rubbish out to the bin at the home of a client she was visiting when the ground opened up beneath her.
Carer Jayne Arnel, a mother-of-four, fell 6ft on to a small ledge above an old well running more

Article courtesy of Katy Lowe, SFRS History Society

On Saturday the 19th of October the History Society had its first public appearance. The SFRS History Society was asked to present a presentation to the Fire Brigade Society for their Annual Winter Meet.

The group visited Wellington and Tweedale Fire Stations in the morning with Watch Manager Craig Jackson and then headed over to The Old Shifnal Fire Station for the more

As temperatures start to plunge, Shropshire householders are being urged to get their chimneys swept to avoid the high number of chimney fires recorded last winter.

Firefighters have attended an average of one chimney fire every two days over the past couple of years with most being avoidable, said a community fire safety officer.

Damage ranges from smoke logging in a living room similar to a “black spray gun attack” to flames destroying the house roof, said Rabinder Dhami, of more

Two women in protective suits receive instruction from a firefighter whilst in standing in the cage of the Aerial Platform Ladder

Shropshire women get a taste of life as a firefighter with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at a previous “taster” day

Women who want to find out about being firefighters are invited to a “taster day“ to see what more

When you change your clocks back an hour this coming Sunday (October 27) don’t forget to test your smoke alarm at the same time.

The smoke alarm tests should be carried out weekly as part of regular maintenance checks to ensure they are in good working order all year round.

The nationwide “Tick, Tock, Test” message from Fire Kills, is a Government initiative to remind people to test their smoke alarm to help reduce deaths and injuries from fire.

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