Shropshire firefighters would not be able to save people from house fires and rescue victims trapped in wrecked cars without the ever important staff who work “behind the scenes,” warned the county’s fire chief.
Non-operational staff are a...
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21st September, 2010
Magistrates have ordered a Shropshire hotel manager to pay fines and costs totaling £5,355 in a landmark court case brought after the fire alarm failed to go off in the premises.
Nine residents were staying at the Plume of Feathers at...
21st September, 2010
More than 100 turned out to celebrate the opening of Cleobury Mortimer's new look fire station which has just been refurbished.
A special ceremony to formally re-dedicate the station took place last week when Brigade chaplain Rev Peter...
9th September, 2010
Shropshire firefighters “rescued” stranded casualties in a water training exercise which mirrored real life rescues carried out on the fast flowing River Teme at Ludlow.
A total of 40 firefighters from Ludlow, Craven Arms, Shrewsbury and...
2nd September, 2010
A “bizarre” idea to store a person’s medical details in a bottle in the fridge could prove a “lifesaver,” say charity raisers who are spreading the word about the scheme with the help of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Firefighters are...
20th August, 2010
Firefighters want the people of Cleobury Mortimer (population 2,500) to come and visit the town’s new look fire station which has just been refurbished.
A special ceremony to formally re-dedicate the station takes place on Saturday,...
13th August, 2010
Hundreds of Shropshire residents witnessed at first hand how quickly a family could be trapped by fire in their own home.
Actors played the roles of panicked householders as smoke filled a house on a busy Telford housing estate in less...
11th August, 2010
Emergency crews have been trained in how to deal with radiation incidents at a training event organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Fire officers called in the help of experts from the Government’s Health Protection Agency to...
11th August, 2010
Shropshire firefighters are to “rescue” stranded casualties in a water training exercise to mirror real life rescues carried out on the fast flowing River Teme at Ludlow.
The training exercise is due to take place on September 8 between...
14th July, 2010
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a fire at an industrial unit on Halefield 19 at 5.25pm on Sunday 11 July. A large amount of wooden pallets bins and containers were alight outside the factory causing a propane cylinder to explode in...
