The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia is today warning motorists of the dangers that may be present during this time of year as farmers are using the roads more when harvesting and moving their produce.
Agriculture is one of...
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2nd August, 2012
Crews from across Shropshire were last night (Tuesday 31st July) called to protect properties from a simulated fire in a large area of woodland at Attingham Park, near Shrewsbury. The scenario was part of an exercise planned by Shropshire Fire...
27th July, 2012
Make safety your key ingredient when cooking this Summer – that is the message from an award winning Shropshire chef and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Community fire safety officers have linked up with Shrewsbury’s Café Saffron owner...
26th July, 2012
On the evening of Wednesday 25th July crews from Much Wenlock and Shrewsbury took part in a small scale drill to test the existing contingency plan in place for Willey Hall.
Willey hall is a large country estate house which is still in...
26th July, 2012
On the evening on Wednesday 18th July crews and appliances from Craven Arms, Clun and Bridgnorth took part in a water supply exercise at Clee Hill quarry organized by the Group Support Teams.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has now...
25th July, 2012
Just over 70 firefighters and officers from around the county worked tirelessly for 7 hours yesterday tackling a severe fire on the Stiperstones National Nature Reserve.
Specialist vehicles recently purchased by the service for this very...
18th July, 2012
An appeal has gone out for more members of the public to apply to become retained firefighters across Shropshire.
Contributing to saving someone’s life is “quite a buzz”, said the man in charge of Ellesmere Fire Station.
During the...
17th July, 2012
See a chip pan on fire and witness how firefighters free road accident victims from the wreckage of their car – at an open day at Shrewsbury’s new fire station this Saturday.
Firefighters will also demonstrate how they rescue people using...
15th July, 2012
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were alerted to reports of a fire at 05:22am this morning (Sunday) at York Street, Oswestry. As a result 3 Appliances were mobilised from Oswestry, Chirk and Ellesmere.
The alarm was raised by a passerby...
14th July, 2012
Last night Fire Control received around 50 calls mainly to flooding across Shropshire.
Advice was given to many of the callers; however we did attend a number of incidents in the Minsterley, Cleobury Mortimer and Ludlow areas. We have also...
