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| 07 December 2012 |
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. |
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| 05 December 2012 |
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. |
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| 03 December 2012 |
Fire Service Festival of Carols
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| 29 November 2012 |
Cold weather warning for motorists The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire to take extra care as the weather turns colder this winter, particularly on wet roads from the recent heavy rain and flooding. |
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| 28 November 2012 |
Person rescued from car stuck in flood water Crews were called in the early hours of this morning to reports of an adult male trapped in fast flowing flood water who had attempted to cross a ford. On arrival crews liaised with the Police, West Midlands Ambulance and the HART team. The rescue teams were met with a torrent of water and a car stuck facing up stream underneath a footbridge. |
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| 27 November 2012 |
349 Shropshire chimney fires in two years Chimney fires could increase across the county if the temperature drops below freezing, warned Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighters attended a total of 349 home chimney fires over the past two years –and the majority would have been prevented if the householder had the chimney swept. More people light open fires or the wood burner as Winter days grow colder but they must not forget to get the chimney swept at least once a year and more often depending on the fuel used to avoid a chimney fire, said Tamara Hackett, of the county brigade’s Community Fire Safety team. |
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| 27 November 2012 |
Shropshire firefighters called to West Country floods Shropshire firefighters were called out to help colleagues tackle serious floods which swept the West Country. A total of 20 “on call” firefighters from Shrewsbury, Baschurch, Prees, Clun and Craven Arms used the county’s High Volume Pump appliance in Weston Super Mare to join colleagues from Avon and Somerset and South Wales in fighting the flood waters. A leading Shropshire firm, which employs four retained firefighters, was praised for allowing them to leave work “at a minute’s notice” to answer the emergency call. |
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| 26 November 2012 |
Arson attack in Trench Road, Telford Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a fire at M and B Travel in Trench Road, Telford at 7.06am Sunday 25th November involving a Transit minibus and caravan. The fire also involved a neighbouring shed containing rabbits. Two appliances from Wellington and one appliance from Telford attended the scene together with a Fire Investigation Officer. The fire is being treated as deliberate and anyone with any information is being asked to contact West Mercia Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. |
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| 23 November 2012 |
Smoke alarm saves lives of house fire couple A smoke alarm woke a couple when fire broke out in their remote Shropshire farmhouse – and saved their lives. Householder Tracy Knowles today urged everyone to ensure they had smoke alarms installed in their homes after enduring the “terrifying” experience of a house fire in the middle of the night. “We would have died if it wasn’t for the smoke alarm waking us up at 2.45am,” said Tracy, after the blaze at White Hall Farm, Aston, Oswestry. |
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| 06 November 2012 |
Bonfire campaign success 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 number of uncontrolled bonfires over the past four years. |
The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends will ring out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols.
