Cultural Diversity Day
This year’s Cultural Diversity Day event is being held in The Square, Shrewsbury on the 25 July 2013. The event will commence at 12 Noon through to 4:30 pm. There are loads of different things taking place to celebrate diversity, with information stalls, music and dance among others. Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service will be attending with the […]
Shropshire Fire Crews in Farm Fire Exercise
Shropshire firefighters carried out an exercise last night to practice their firefighting skills attending a rural farmhouse “fire”. Firefighters from Craven Arms Fire Station were called out to the scene at an empty cottage at Corfton Farm in Corvedale Road which had been pumped full of white cosmetic smoke to recreate as near as possible the conditions of a […]
Farm Fire Practice For Firefighters
A Shropshire farmhouse has been “donated” for a day to firefighters so they can practise their firefighting skills. The empty cottage under renovation at Corfton Farm in Corvedale Road will be pumped full of white cosmetic smoke next week ready for firefighters from Craven Arms fire station to recreate as near as possible the […]
Beyond the Call of Duty… Awards For Firefighters and Civilians
Firefighters and civilians alike who put their lives at risk to save others were praised for their selfless acts at an awards ceremony held in Shropshire. Three binmen who rescued an elderly couple from a burning car were honoured alongside firefighters, some who braved terrorist bomb attacks in the 1980s and also fought the […]
Roger Smith – A UK Record Breaking Firefighter
The longest serving current firefighter in the UK is to retire from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service after a record 48 year career. Roger Smith (70), a former mayor of Market Drayton, has been fighting fires since 1967 and “hangs up his helmet” at a final drill session at Market Drayton fire station. North […]
More Women Want To Be Firefighters’
The number of women firefighters joining Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is “slowly growing” with successful taster sessions being held across the county. Over the Bank Holiday weekend, six women toured Craven Arms Fire Station where they met women firefighters, watched a ladder drill and learned about the role of on call firefighters serving […]
Shropshire Employers’ 25 Year Support For County Firefighters’
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
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 […]
Electric Fire Safety Tips
Firefighters say people should always call the fire and rescue service if there is a strong smell of burning which is unaccounted for. John Davies, Watch Manager at Oswestry Fire Station, gave the warning after smouldering electrical wires caught fire under floorboards at a Shropshire phone shop. Two fire appliances attended the incident at the […]
Shropshire Firefighters Show Their Animal Rescue Skills On Breakfast TV
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 […]