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Electric Blankets Danger

As colder nights approach it's the chance to get electric bankets tested for free with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, says Fire Safety Officer Alison Teece

  Electric blankets can be a serious fire safety risk, warn Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, which is offering free checks at some of their county fire stations in September. A quarter of electric blankets are condemned as dangerous after they fail the test, revealed Fire Safety Officer Alison Teece. “Your electric blanket may appear […]

Wanted: More Women Firefighters

Firefighters Sarah Cartwright, Sally Eynon, Leon Turner and Mark Smith at Market Drayton Fire Station.

  More women are wanted as “on call” county firefighters in a continuing campaign being run by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. With just six per cent of female firefighters, the service wants to encourage more women to join with the latest of a series of “taster” days being held at Market Drayton Fire Station […]

Child Victims of Chernobyl in Shropshire

Chernobyl children arrived at Manchester Airport with only the clothes they “stood up in” but departed with two suitcases each packed with supplies donated by local organisations.

  Shrewsbury firefighters have been praised for their kindness in helping the “innocent child victims” of Chernobyl who visit Shropshire each year for respite. They stepped in to pay for an extra flight ticket for Angelina, a 16-year-old girl who desperately wanted to come on the trip of a lifetime after missing out six years […]

Wellington Fire Station Open Day Fun

Ethan’s sister Libby thought so too. She tried the helmet on for size as well.

  It was a fun day out for all the family at Wellington Fire Station’s annual open day. Children got the chance to check out the fire hoses and climb aboard a number of fire engines. They also learned potentially lifesaving skills of how to escape from a house fire with a walk through a […]

Want To Be A Firefighter? Go To An Open Day

Firefighting skills will be on display at Wellington Fire Station’s open day on Saturday, August 19, including those of the animal rescue team pictured here in training with Bullseye, a dummy horse.

  People with an ambition to be an on call firefighter should go to an open day at Wellington Fire Station on August 19 and talk to firefighters. The annual event gives everyone the chance to see what their local fire crews do and is popular as a family day out. Firefighters will showcase their […]

Partnership Approach is the Key

The fire at Wood Lane, Ellesmere, on June 3, in which firefighters and Tudor Griffiths staff worked for seven days to completely put out.

  The managing director of a long-established county firm has praised the professionalism of firefighters who fought a fire at his company HQ. Tudor Griffiths, whose family founded the Tudor Griffiths Group over 140 years ago, said the consequences for the firm would have been more severe without the “swift containment” and management of the […]

ALP Call from Shrewsbury Fire Station Open Day

Wellington firefighter Louie Longhi with Freddie Treherne (9) and Lily Mae-Bailey (8), both from Shrewsbury.

  Visitors to Shrewsbury fire station for the annual open day got to see how quickly firefighters react when an emergency happens. They were watching a demonstration of the Aerial Ladder Platform when it was called to a house fire near Much Wenlock. The ALP was quickly mobilised to the scene for firefighters to help […]

Shrewsbury Fire Station Open Day

Telford fire station open day 2017

Shrewsbury Fire Station’s open day on Saturday August 5 promises to be “the best ever” with a long line-up of eye catching activities for all the family. Visitors to Shrewsbury Fire HQ will get the chance to watch the speed in which a chip pan is engulfed in flames, see how firefighters carry out car […]

Shropshire Countryside Fire Warning

A field of straw ablaze at a Shropshire farm in the summer of 2016

  Fire officers are warning people to take care in the countryside as more than 50 fires have been reported so far this month. Hedgerows, trees, fields of straw, farm machinery, a hay barn, gorse and grassland have gone up in flames in numerous incidents across the county. Some fires have been caused deliberately while […]

Oswestry Watch Manager Retires After 33 Years

Oswestry Watch Manager John Davies (fourth from right front row) retires after a 33 year career as an on call firefighter. PIctured with the Oswestry crew.

  Oswestry firefighter John Davies has retired after a 33 year career with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. John (61), who is Watch Manager in charge at Oswestry Fire Station, hung up his helmet at his final Wednesday night drill night this week. (July 19th) His long service as an on call firefighter covering the […]