Business Safety Week – COVID-19 Focus
Businesses Urged Not to Overlook Fire Safety During COVID-19 Outbreak As part of Business Safety Week, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is urging people who have made changes to business premises to comply with COVID-19 measures, to ensure fire safety remains a top priority. The campaign runs from today, (Monday, 7 September) and aims […]
Response to positive action taster days
Chief Fire Officer Rod Hammerton, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service We acknowledge there has been some criticism of the way the Service has organised its upcoming taster days. The criticism has largely focussed on our decision to hold separate taster days for specific groups, namely women, LGBT+ and Black and minority ethnic groups. As a Service we […]
Wholetime firefighter taster day – Black, Asian and Minority ethnic groups
Be part of our future Ever wondered what it takes to become a wholetime firefighter? In preparation for recruitment later this year, come along to one of our taster days for: Recruitment information Career information A chance to use firefighting equipment A try-out of the physical tests The opportunity to talk to some of our firefighters […]
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service supports NFCC’s Sprinkler Week campaign
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) National Sprinkler Week campaign. The campaign runs from Monday18th to 24th May and raises awareness of the benefits of sprinkler systems for keeping people and buildings safer from fire as we encourage people to #ThinkSprinkler. Fire sprinklers are widely recognised as the single most […]
Heroic actions of on-call firefighter
Also head gardener at Hodnet Hall gardens, Ross Underwood, aged 37, is on-call for emergencies with SFRS and on this occasion, put his fire-fighter training to use at his primary employer’s workplace. He was alerted by a colleague to a man in his 80s, experiencing a blackout in the gardens and sprang into action, retrieving […]
SFRS receives ‘excellence’ award for innovation in transforming public services
A Certificate of Excellence has been awarded to Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) for its ‘significant innovations’ in transforming public services. Presented to SFRS by iESE, the public sector’s transformation partner, the award recognises the introduction of a system called ‘FireServiceRota’. The system not only provides up to minute information about the availability of fire […]
Ready Willing and Able to go extra mile to support their communities
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) is taking part in the National Fire Chiefs Council’s (NFCC) “Ready Willing and Able” campaign which launches today (April 15 l) which will show how fire and rescue services in the UK are going the extra mile to protect and support their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Firefighters and […]
No Smoking Day 2020
Smokers urged to ‘put it out, right out’ on No Smoking Day 11 March Smokers are being reminded today that careless disposal of cigarettes is the single biggest killer in house fires. In the year ending June 2019, 215 people lost their lives due to a fire at home. With a steady decline in the number […]
Busy Weekend for Fire Crews as Storm Dennis hits Shropshire
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service experienced one of its busiest weekends as heavy rain brought flooding to several areas of the County seeing over 300 emergency calls being received in 24 hours. The sheer volume and variety of incidents the fire crews dealt with reflects the broad range of skills they can deploy to help […]
The Australian bushfires – how you can help
With the devasting bushfires continuing to wreak havoc across Australia, we outline how you can help: Direct to firefighting efforts The NSW Rural Fire Service has a donation page to support the firefighting efforts in New South Wales The Country Fire Authority is the state of Victoria’s rural firefighting service and you can donate directly here. The […]