Shrewsbury Fire Station Open Day
What’s on? Join us for a celebration at Shrewsbury Fire Station’s Open Day. Please note: 10am – 11am will be a dedicated hour for special educational needs and disability (SEND) visitors, with the general public welcome from 11am to 3pm Get ready for a day filled with excitement, education, and entertainment for the whole family! […]
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service backs national Drowning Prevention Week campaign
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging parents to make sure their children know how to stay safe and enjoy the water this summer. Whether heading abroad this summer or opting for a staycation, the Royal Life Saving Society UK (RLSS UK), fears that families will head to beaches and inland water locations this summer, […]
Fire Service Issues Warning on BBQs During Hot Spell
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is urging the public to take extra care when using BBQs as the weather gets hotter. We are seeing temperatures rise and expect many of you will be getting out your BBQs or buying disposable ones. We’ve got some top tips to keep you, your loved ones and the environment […]
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 […]
Child Victims of Chernobyl in Shropshire
Shrewsbury firefighters have been praised for their kindness in helping the “innocent child victims” of Chernobyl who visit Shropshire each year for respite. They stepped in to pay for an extra flight ticket for Angelina, a 16-year-old girl who desperately wanted to come on the trip of a lifetime after missing out six years […]
What A Try
A Bridgnorth firefighter was among a team of UK sportsmen who got into the record books by playing the longest ever game of rugby. Firefighter Luke Veal and colleagues from across the UK played a full contact Rugby Union match in Worcester to raise £50,000 for the Fire Fighters’ Charity and Scotty’s Little Soldiers. They […]
Scaling Snowdon with a Ladder
It may be a tall order but Shropshire firefighters plan to put up a ladder at the peak of the highest mountain in Wales as part of a marathon charity event. First, they have to carry it 1,085 metres (3,560ft) to the top and back again. A total of eight firefighters from Shrewsbury Fire Station’s […]
Cyclists Celebrate Marathon Charity Bike Ride
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 […]
Cyclists Take A Well Earned Break
Firefighter Graham Rowley, of Shrewsbury’s Red Watch, takes a well earned break at the end of the first day of a marathon charity cycle ride in which he and colleagues rode 67 miles from Shrewsbury to Ludlow via six fire stations. Graham is with Zoe Foster, a sports massage therapist and Helen Smith, an Indian […]
Fire Chief Gets On His Bike
Shropshire’s new Chief Fire Officer will visit each of the county’s 23 fire stations…on his bike. It’s not the usual approach for a new boss to meet staff working in the far flung corners of the county or another cost cutting exercise. But the pedal powered tour is all in aid of charity as Rod […]