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A Taste Of Firefighting – For Women

Women at a taster day with Shropshire firefighters held in Prees in 2016

  More women are wanted to train as on-call firefighters by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service which is holding another “taster day” just for women at Albrighton Fire Station on Saturday, November 12. Women who live within five minutes of one of Shropshire’s 23 fire stations are invited to attend the session at Albrighton Fire […]

Dyslexia Award Nomination

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been nominated for an award for its trailblazing work with employees with dyslexia

  Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been nominated for an award for its trailblazing work with employees with dyslexia. The county fire service has been shortlisted for the Best Supportive Employer in the 2016 Dyslexia Awards – the first ceremony of its kind organised by a county dyslexic trainer to raise awareness about dyslexia. […]

Shropshire Fire Aid To Romania

The UK fire appliance driven 1,800 miles to Romania by Operation Sabre

A Shropshire led campaign to deliver much needed fire and humanitarian aid to Romania has been praised for its “commitment and dedication.” Fire engines from Devon, driven across Europe by members of Operation Sabre, culminated in a handover ceremony this week attended by dignitaries from the Romanian and British governments and fire chiefs. A flag […]

Shropshire Fire Aid To Romania

Canon Jonathan Mitchell, the Dean of Shrewsbury Cathedral, blesses the fire engines in a traditional ceremony in Shrewsbury before the trip to Romania. He is pictured with Ann Lewis (left) and Jean Jones with (back row) firefighters Scott Hurfield and John Hammond with Steve Worrall, Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority member Councillor Mal Price, Mark Briscoe and Steve Purslow.

  A team of volunteers have set off from Shropshire on another 1,800 mile road trip to donate much needed fire equipment and help vulnerable children and the elderly in rural parts of Romania. Operation Sabre embarked from Shrewsbury on the five day journey to Mures County, Transylvania, taking vital humanitarian and firefighting aid to […]

Firefighter Awards

Albrighton PCSO Steve Breese won the top student award for his firefighter training course. He is pictured with Councillor Eric Carter.

A special award went to Shrewsbury’s Blue Watch whose firefighters host a day of fun and laughter for children from Chernobyl when they visit Shrewsbury Fire Station each year as part of a county wide charity event.  It was presented at a Celebration of Success event held at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn to mark “the passing […]

Shropshire’s New Firefighter Recruits

Hats off to Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service’s latest recruits

  Firefighters are sometimes the only people who can help when a “catastrophe” strikes in the community, says Shropshire’s fire chief. “When their emergency pagers go off, day or night, they drop everything leaving behind half eaten meals or half mown lawns. The rest of the time they are waiting for the 999 call, knowing […]

Top Award for Fire Service Apprentice

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Seventeen-year-old fire service apprentice Dan Adams this week clinched a top prize at the National Apprenticeship Awards. Dan, who lives in Shrewsbury and joined Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service along with five other apprentices in July last year, fought off strong competition from almost 1,000 young hopefuls to collect a “High Commended” award at the […]

Shropshire’s High Sheriff in Mock Car Rescue

In the “hot seat” is Shropshire’s High Sheriff Christine Holmes (below left) after being cut free from a car by firefighters from Shrewsbury’s Green Watch who train regularly to rescue county road crash victims. L to r: Watch Manager Alex Howell with firefighters Geraint Lewis, Bev Morris, Steve Mason, Kate White and Mitch Thorne at Shrewsbury fire HQ.

  Shropshire’s immaculately dressed High Sheriff swapped her refinery for fire kit and safety goggles to be “rescued” from a crashed car by firefighters. Christine Holmes climbed into the front seat of a scrap 14-year-old grey Suzuki car ready for six firefighters from Green Watch at Shrewsbury Fire Station to practise a rescue. The high […]

Pioneer Pet Rescue

Eight lives left for Harriet - first animal in Shropshire to be revived by firefighters using the new pet oxygen masks after a house fire

    A pet oxygen mask has been used for the first time in Shropshire to revive a cat in a house fire. Harriet, a 15-year-old tortoiseshell tabby, had fled to a bedroom as smoke from a kitchen fire filled the house in Diksmuide Drive, Ellesmere. Householder Shelley Hall had managed to rescue her two […]

Cyclists Celebrate Marathon Charity Bike Ride

A "memorable" cycle ride to all Shropshire fire stations and "proud" to do it for two important charities, said Chief Fire Officer Rod Hammerton.

Shropshire’s new Chief Fire Officer has visited each of the county’s 23 fire stations…on his bike. Rod Hammerton said he was “proud” to have completed the marathon ride with firefighting colleagues, support staff, friends and family to raise much needed funds for The Severn Hospice and the Fire Fighters’ Charity which helps sick and injured […]