Come along to Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service’s ” Celebrating Diversity Event” in Telford!
Black History Month, Older People’s Day, World Mental Health Day, and Shropshire Rainbow Festival are all happening in October. To help us celebrate these events we are inviting you to visit us at Telford Central Fire Station. • Look around the Fire Station • Find out just how scary a chip pan fire can be […]
12th Dyslexia Information Day at Enginuity in Coalbrookdale
Dyslexia advice, guidance & information with local dyslexic businesses & services plus goods and refreshments on sale all under one roof! FREE entry For more information see theDDC.ORG.UK
Tweedale Needs You
Do you live or work within five minutes of Tweedale Fire Station in Telford ? Could you be an On-call Firefighter ? These are the questions being asked by staff at Tweedale fire station where a drop in session aimed at recruiting more firefighters is being held on Saturday, September 6 between 10am and 2pm. […]
A Firefighting Life for Shropshire Women
More Shropshire women interested in becoming county firefighters attended an introductory session at Shrewsbury fire HQ. A total of 19 turned out for the third “taster” session over the weekend following on from similar events in Craven Arms and Oswestry earlier this year. They learned how they could join the county’s 300 plus “on call” […]
Women Firefighters – A “Taster” Day on July 19 in Shrewsbury
More women are being encouraged to become firefighters by enrolling with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. A third “taster” day just for women will be held at Shrewsbury fire HQ on July 19 after two successful previous events in Craven Arms and Oswestry. The brigade wants to attract more women to join the county’s 300 plus “on […]
Women’s Firefighting Taster Day
We are holding a taster event to encourage women to look at becoming part-time professional firefighters. To be a retained firefighter you need to live within 5 minutes of your local fire station, be fit and reliable, and be able to attend for duty at any time within your agreed hours. We provide training, support, […]
Dyslexia Information Day – Telford
FREE information and advice for all at the 11th Dyslexia Information Day. There will still be advice and guidance on offer from Elizabeth and collegues but this time we are celebrating local dyslexics and locally linked dsylexics and their achievements, creations. Exhibitors also include Dragon Naturally Speaking and TextHelp’s Read Write Gold 10. So come […]
Women who want to be firefighters
Station Manager Neil Groves (Centre) with Hodnet firefighter Ruth Walkerdine (left) and Watch Commander Debbie Davies with 12 women who attended the firefighter “taster”session at Craven Arms fire station over the weekend Women who want to be firefighters turned out for a “taster” session at a Shropshire fire station. More than a dozen women learned […]
A firefighting life for women
Shropshire firefighter Louise Fletcher (right) with Lindsay Jones and Laura Davies (front) at last year’s women firefighter taster session Shropshire women are being encouraged to consider the opportunity of becoming part time paid firefighters. A “taster” day will be held at Craven Arms Fire Station in the south of the county on March 8 in […]
Shropshire needs them
Children from St Lawrence’s Primary School, Church Stretton, with senior fire officer Rob Corfield, head teacher Dick Langford and firefighter Wayne Castree, who is also the school caretaker Primary schoolchildren in south Shropshire are proud of their school caretaker Wayne Castree – part of Church Stretton’s firefighting community. Wayne is one of 12 “on call” […]