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 […]
High Sheriff sees the heights with Lord Lieutenant
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Andy Johnson with Diana Flint, Sir Algernon Heber-Percy, Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority chairman Stuart West and Assistant Chief Fire Officer Louise Mckenzie Shropshire’s Lord Lieutenant and High Sheriff had an elevated view in an Aerial Ladder Platform as part of a tour of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. The two […]
Firefighters rescue farmer skewered by metal spike
A happy ending: Air ambulance paramedic Kerry Hemas with farmer Graham Heatley holding the spike that speared him with firefighter John Deakin at the farm at The Grange, Lyneal, near Ellesmere, Shropshire Shropshire firefighters were faced with an extraordinary rescue operation when a farmer accidentally impaled himself onto a 45 centimetre long tractor fork. The […]
Arson in Shrewsbury
At 12:59am Saturday 1st March 2014 fire crews were called out to an empty commercial premises in Ennerdale Road, Shrewsbury. A fire had been deliberately set in the front doorway of the premises. Two crews from Shrewsbury and a Fire Investigations Officer attended the scene, together with West Mercia Police. If anyone has any information […]
Deliberate car fires
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have been called out to two car fires in the last two days. The first incident was at 09.43am Thursday 27th February 2014, in Darliston, Hollinswood, Telford, involving a Renault Scenic. The second incident was reported at 04.09am Friday 28th February 2014 in Sandpits Road Ludlow – a cushion had […]
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 firefighters in flood action
Shropshire firefighters have been heavily involved as part of the UK’s national resilience force battling the worst floods to hit the country for many years. On call fire crews from across the county left their work and families at short notice to be part of the largest mobilisation of the UK’s fire and rescue services […]
Buckets and sponges at the ready for charity
Firefighters from across Shropshire will be taking part in the Firefighters Charity national car wash every Saturday in March 2014. The event takes place in March and September each year and raises nationally over £100,000 for injured Fire Fighters and their families. In September 2013, Shropshire Firefighters from ten different stations raised over £2,500 for […]
Police seek witnesses to Market Drayton car arson
Police today issued an appeal for witnesses after arsonists are thought to have set fire to a car and trailer outside a Market Drayton home. Tyres exploded as flames destroyed the green Peugeot 306 outside the address in Chestnut Road. It’s thought the vehicle was set alight at around 1.15am and the alarm raised about […]
Car fires in the Dawley/Malinslee area
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a car fire in Dark Lane Drive, Dawley, Telford at 02.52am on 5th February. The vehicle was totally destroyed and caused damage to the guttering and down pipe of an adjoining garage. Two crews from Telford Central and Tweedale attended, together with a Fire Investigation Officer. The fire is […]