Water Rescue

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Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended two incidents at Lloyds Head, Jackfield, Telford on the 18 February 2020.

Incident 81863

Water Rescue

Lloyds Head

Jackfield

Telford

Station ground : Tweedale

Tuesday, 18 February, 2020 06:55

At 06:55 on Tuesday, 18 February, 2020, SFRS Fire Control received a call reporting an incident classified as Water Rescue in Telford.

1 fire appliance including the Water Rescue Unit was mobilised from Shrewsbury.

Occupier of 1 vehicle found to be in a safe place, awaiting arrival of recovery company.

The stop message was received at Tue, 02/18/2020 - 07:20

Incident 81866

Flooding

People trapped in bedrooms in properties at river level

Address: Toll House Flat Bower Yard Ironbridge Telford

18/02/2020 08:24

Occupant has been reached by FF.

Row of houses in Bower Yard checked for occupancy

SFRS had multiple incidents due to flooding as it was the period of our Major incident. Our water team were standing by at Ironbridge for several days, but the incidents identified above were the ones near Telford (Jackfield). We also had incidents in Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and surrounding areas. Incidents can be found on our website. Please find link to the page.

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