Festival of Carols
The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends rang out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols. Pupils from the Old Hall School and Dothill School in Wellington joined members of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at All Saints Church […]
Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer to retire
Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond has announced his retirement after a distinguished 33 year career in the Fire and Rescue Service. He has led Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to become one of the best run brigades in the UK despite being one of the smallest and heavily underfunded – while reducing the annual […]
Man dies in Shropshire bungalow fire
A man was today confirmed to have died in a severe fire which completely destroyed his Shropshire bungalow. A total of 40 firefighters from three fire and rescue services were called to the property in the village of Alveley, near Bridgnorth, yesterday. Multiple 999 calls were made by neighbours at around 3.30pm (Wednesday, December 12th) […]
Don’t get into trouble cooking
More than half of the house fires Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are called to each year start in the kitchen, revealed the brigade’s community fire safety team. They will be in Telford town centre on Thursday, December 13th with firefighters for three days to talk to Christmas shoppers with advice on how to avoid […]
Get me to the church on time…
A 20ft Christmas tree arrived at a Shropshire church in time for an annual carol service with the help of firefighters. The festive fir arrived in style at All Saints Church, Wellington, on board a reserve fire engine delivered by an off duty fire crew ready for the brigade’s Festival of Carols service tomorrow. (Wednesday, […]
Wheelie bin fires
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have attended ten incidents in the last month in the Sutton Hill area of Telford, involving wheelie bins and commercial wheelie bins. The majority of the incidents have been in the Skate Park and around the Sutton Hill Centre between 4.30pm and 8.40pm. We are urging people to secure wheelie […]
Drink drivers in Shropshire will be targeted over Christmas period
Police in Shropshire have warned they will be targeting drink drivers in the coming weeks, knowing the Christmas period will tempt some motorists to take risks. Senior officers are urging drivers not to put lives at risk by succumbing to temptation. Chief Inspector David McWilliam, in charge of Response Policing for Shropshire, said: “All our […]
Cold weather warning for motorists
The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in the region to take extra care as the met office predicts a further drop in temperature over the next few days. With rain and sleet also predicted motorists are being advised to take extra care, particularly on wet and icy roads. Driving […]
Fire Service Festival of Carols
The voices of children from two school choirs accompanied by Shropshire firefighters and their families and friends will ring out from a county church in the fire service’s annual Christmas Festival of Carols. Pupils from the Old Hall School and Dothill School in Wellington will join members of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at All […]
Cold weather warning for motorists
The Safer Roads Partnership in Warwickshire and West Mercia is warning motorists in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire to take extra care as the weather turns colder this winter, particularly on wet roads from the recent heavy rain and flooding. The partnership is urging drivers to be prepared for potentially hazardous driving conditions and, in […]