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Extra £1 million in cuts for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service may have to make an extra £1.3m cuts per year by 2016 – making reductions in “the front line” a very real possibility, revealed the Chief Fire Officer.

This comes on top of the £3.2m in cuts already made to its £20m annual budget – together meaning that the brigade will suffer a more than 20 per cent budget reduction by 2016.

Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond said today: “We were facing a difficult challenge in 2010 with the prospect of a £3 million cut to our budget by 2016.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Wed, 02/01/2013 - 17:03

Festival of Carols

Santa Claus pictured in the cage of the Aerial Ladder Platform in the dark high above the ground, with Christmas lights in the background

The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends rang out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Fri, 14/12/2012 - 10:37

Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer to retire

Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond has announced his retirement after a distinguished 33 year career in the Fire and Rescue Service.

He has led Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to become one of the best run brigades in the UK despite being one of the smallest and heavily underfunded – while reducing the annual cost of the service by over £3 million.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Thu, 13/12/2012 - 12:55

Man dies in Shropshire bungalow fire

A man was today confirmed to have died in a severe fire which completely destroyed his Shropshire bungalow.

A total of 40 firefighters from three fire and rescue services were called to the property in the village of Alveley, near Bridgnorth, yesterday.

Multiple 999 calls were made by neighbours at around 3.30pm (Wednesday, December 12th) as fire took hold in the 15 metre by 10 metre detached bungalow at Millfields, Birds Green.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Thu, 13/12/2012 - 10:30

Don’t get into trouble cooking

More than half of the house fires Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are called to each year start in the kitchen, revealed the brigade’s community fire safety team.

They will be in Telford town centre on Thursday, December 13th with firefighters for three days to talk to Christmas shoppers with advice on how to avoid a house fire, especially during the festive celebrations.

Free home fire safety checks are available to everyone when firefighters will visit your home and point out any potential fire hazards and give fire prevention advice.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 10:01

Get me to the church on time…

A 20ft Christmas tree arrived at a Shropshire church in time for an annual carol service with the help of firefighters.

The festive fir arrived in style at All Saints Church, Wellington, on board a reserve fire engine delivered by an off duty fire crew ready for the brigade’s Festival of Carols service tomorrow. (Wednesday, December 12th)

Submitted by web-services-officer on Mon, 10/12/2012 - 17:12

Wheelie bin fires

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have attended ten incidents in the last month in the Sutton Hill area of Telford, involving wheelie bins and commercial wheelie bins.

The majority of the incidents have been in the Skate Park and around the Sutton Hill Centre between 4.30pm and 8.40pm.

We are urging people to secure wheelie bins at the rear of properties and only put the bins out on the day of collection.

Commercial wheelie bins should be at least 6m away from properties.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Fri, 07/12/2012 - 12:21

Drink drivers in Shropshire will be targeted over Christmas period

Police in Shropshire have warned they will be targeting drink drivers in the coming weeks, knowing the Christmas period will tempt some motorists to take risks.

Senior officers are urging drivers not to put lives at risk by succumbing to temptation.

Chief Inspector David McWilliam, in charge of Response Policing for Shropshire, said: "All our operational staff have been reminded to contribute towards the Drink and Drug Driving campaign being held throughout December. They are being urged to take positive action when drink or drug driving is suspected.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Fri, 07/12/2012 - 12:06

Cold weather warning for motorists

The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in the region to take extra care as the met office predicts a further drop in temperature over the next few days. With rain and sleet also predicted motorists are being advised to take extra care, particularly on wet and icy roads.

Submitted by web-services-officer on Wed, 05/12/2012 - 15:06

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