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Shropshire Employers’ 25 Year Support For County Firefighters’

Chief Fire Officer John Redmond presents a certificate and plaque to Ludlow mayor Paul Draper, General Manager at DMS Plastics, for the company’s 25 year support for on call firefighters. He is pictured with firefighter James Bond and colleagues, l to r, Shaun Harrison, Watch Manager Dale Pound, Jason Norgrove and Mark Nicholas.

  A company which has actively backed Shropshire’s on call firefighters for the past 25 years has been praised for its support. Chief Fire Officer John Redmond said Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service relied on businesses such as Ludlow’s DMS Plastics which allowed employees, who are also trained firefighters, to “drop tools” at a moment’s notice to […]

Women Who Want To Be Firefighters

Kat Frost with colleagues at Craven Arms

An ongoing campaign to encourage more Shropshire women to become part time professional firefighters launches again on Saturday, May 2, with a taster day at Craven Arms fire station. A similar session held at Craven Arms last year resulted in mother of two Kat Frost (29), enrolling and successfully completing 12 months of training to […]

Shropshire Firefighters Show Their Animal Rescue Skills On Breakfast TV

Firefighters learn how to deal with all sorts of animals

Shropshire firefighters showed off their animal rescue skills live on BBC television this morning. BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Lloyd was with the animal rescue team based at Wellington Fire Station, where the cameras were rolling today. She reported how the demands for the animal rescue team, formed a few years ago, were growing from farmers […]

Ludlow’s Watch Manager Retires After 38 Year Firefighting Career

John Taylor retires from Ludlow Fire Station

The man who has led Ludlow’s firefighters for the past 20 years is stepping down after a 38 year firefighting career. John Taylor (63) is retiring as Watch Manager at Ludlow Fire Station where he has been in charge of 18 of the town’s firefighters’. But John, of Charlton Rise, Ludlow, will still be continuing […]

Firefighter Recruitment Event This Saturday

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An appeal has gone out for more “on call” firefighters across Shropshire but they are especially needed in both Prees and Newport. Anyone interested can turn up at the second of two recruitment events being held at Newport Fire Station, Salters Lane, on Saturday, March 28 from 10am to 1pm. There are a total of 15 […]

Recruiting “On call” Firefighters in Shropshire

Watch Manager Tony Peck (far left)is in charge of Prees Fire Station and has been an “on call” firefighter for nearly 32 years. He is pictured with his crew.

  An appeal has gone out for more “on call” firefighters across Shropshire but they are especially needed in both Prees and Newport. Anyone interested can turn up at two recruitment events being held at Newport Fire Station, Salters Lane, on March 12 from 6pm to 9pm and Saturday, March 28 from 10am to 1pm. […]

Women Who Want To Be Firefighters

Oswestry’s Liz Killvert listens to firefighter Ruth Walkerdine.

  Women who want to be firefighters turned out for a “taster” session at a Shropshire fire station. Attending the taster session on Saturday at Oswestry Fire Station were women aged between 23 and 47 and included mums whose children were leaving for university, a child care worker, butcher, fitness instructor and a business support […]

My Mum’s A Firefighter

Kat Frost and Michelle Townsend with their fellow new recruits in training with Holmatro cutting gear to rescue car crash victims

  A campaign to get more women to become firefighters has been launched as three of the latest recruits get ready to join Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. A primary school teaching assistant from Much Wenlock, Church Stretton fitness instructor and Clun pub barmaid are undergoing training at the fire training school in Telford to […]

Women’s Taster Day

Women’s Taster Day Oswestry Fire Station, Saturday  21st February 2015 at 09.30 – 12.00 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 in Shropshire, be fit and reliable, and be […]

Women’s 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, […]