As part of Business Safety Week, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is urging people who have made changes to business premises to comply with COVID-19 measures, to...
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7th September, 2020
Businesses Urged Not to Overlook Fire Safety During COVID-19 Outbreak
15th May, 2020
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week campaign.
The campaign runs from Monday18th to 24th May and raises awareness of the benefits of sprinkler systems for keeping...
1st May, 2020
Also head gardener at Hodnet Hall gardens, Ross Underwood, aged 37, is on-call for emergencies with SFRS and on this occasion, put his fire-fighter training to use at his primary employer’s workplace.
He was alerted by a colleague to a man...
15th April, 2020
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is taking part in the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) "Ready Willing and Able" campaign which launches today (April 15 l) which will show how fire and rescue services in the UK are going the extra...
9th March, 2020
Smokers urged to ‘put it out, right out’ on No Smoking Day 11 March
Smokers are being reminded today that careless disposal of cigarettes is the single biggest killer in house fires. In the year ending June 2019, 215 people lost their lives due...
9th July, 2018
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are urging farmers to take extra care on farms around harvesting time.
All farms are at risk from fire. Each year in the UK approximately 1600 farm buildings and thousands of acres of land and crops are...
27th April, 2018
Changes will be made to make buildings safer in Shropshire following the Grenfell tower block tragedy, say senior officers from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service
Fire officers are expected to be given more powers to question new...
18th March, 2018
Shropshire company bosses are being urged to attend an education seminar at Telford or Shrewsbury fire stations to learn more about their legal responsibilities for fire safety at their commercial premises.
The Business Education...
12th March, 2018
Sprinklers save lives and businesses – that is the message from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service in a campaign during national Sprinkler Awareness Week which starts today.
A senior fire officer said he wanted to “dispel the myth...
21st March, 2017
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is appealing for the public’s help to join the fight against criminals who deliberately set fires in the county as part of Arson Awareness Week.
“Fire crime” can have devastating effects with...
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