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6th November, 2012

Fire crews across Shropshire are today celebrating another successful safety campaign running up to bonfire night.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has run a campaign, with the help of both police and local authorities, to reduce the...

31st October, 2012

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a property fire in Shawfield Close, Sutton Hill, Telford at 6.49pm Tuesday 30th October 2012. Crews from Tweedale, Telford, Wellington and an Aerial Ladder Platform attended the scene which involved the...

24th October, 2012

Dear Resident,

Re: Bonfires

We appreciate that some parts of the community hold un-official communal bonfires. Whilst we do not condone these we do understand that historically these have been run in an appropriate manner and can...

24th October, 2012

The Safer Telford and Wrekin Partnership is once again driving forward its Celebrate Safely Campaign during the fortnight that includes Halloween and Bonfire Night.

To help promote the importance of celebrating safely, Cinderella Pantomime...

24th September, 2012

Get your electric blanket tested for free – that is the message from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.

With temperatures falling, more people will be dusting off their electric blankets ready for use but they can be a fire risk, warned...

24th September, 2012

Police officers in Telford are investigating following a suspected arson incident in Dawley.
The incident occurred at an address on Lancaster Avenue early on Saturday 15th September.

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service received a call...

13th September, 2012

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a report of a touring caravan on fire at 10.48pm, Tuesday 11th September 2012, in a parking area at Brindleyford, Brookside, Telford.

Two appliances from Tweedale and Telford Central and a...

11th September, 2012

A scheme by fire and police to introduce joint “walkabouts” on Telford housing estates has seen a dramatic fall in incidents of deliberate fires.

Risk Reduction Officers from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service joined Community Support...

7th September, 2012

An Oswestry Man has who admitted Three Arson Offences in Oswestry has been deemed a ‘serious risk to the public’ and will serve a minimum three-and-a-half years.

As well as admitting starting a number of fires in Oswestry he pleaded guilty...

5th September, 2012

A mother who set fire to the house where her children lived with her ex-husband while in a drunken rage has been jailed for three years, at Shrewsbury Crown Court last month.

The 43yr old from Wellington, lit paper with white spirit from a...

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