Schoolchildren were competing today in the first regional heat of the "life skills" safety quiz organised by the county fire service.
Year 7 pupils were dealing with rapid fire questions in the Be Cool Be Safe competition which teaches 11-...
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8th March, 2006
Trevor Williams has 20 years experience as a firefighter and is the officer in charge at the remote south Shropshire fire station in Clun which doesn't have many fires but firefighters still have to be trained and ready for any incident.
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8th March, 2006
Diary details revealing the hectic double life of a Shropshire firefighter have led to a long awaited £800,000 investment in the county's rural fire brigade.
Clun firefighter Trevor Williams, who also runs a family egg production business...
6th March, 2006
A fire safety campaign to fit free smoke alarms into homes in Telford and Newport is certainly saving lives, said The Wrekin MP.
Mark Pritchard praised Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service for initiating the campaign which has spread across...
4th March, 2006
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have issued a warning following a tragic accident involving a Telford family's pet dog falling through a frozen lake.
Mrs Amanda Berry was walking with her two daughters' at Apley Wood yesterday afternoon...
2nd March, 2006
Firefighters have "adopted" a number of Telford schools as part of a campaign to forge better relationships with youngsters and to raise awareness about fire safety, hoax calls and arson.
Red Watch at Wellington fire station spent the...
27th February, 2006
In the early hours of Sunday 26th February, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a smell of burning at a property in Fitzalan Road, Harlescott, Shrewsbury. The alarm was raised by a vigilant female neighbour who heard the smoke alarm...
23rd February, 2006
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a severe fire in a waste paper recycling unit at Masebury Trading Estate Oswestry at 3.30 this morning whilst others crews were tackling a spate of car fires on the same estate.
The fire at...
20th February, 2006
Shropshire schools are being urged to book their places now for the latest hugely popular production of Sparx! - an initiative between fire, police and a theatre group - to get vital anti-arson messages across to pupils.
The thought...
13th February, 2006
He used to chop down trees but now Ellis Brazier is building bridges - with schoolchildren - in his new role as a firefighter with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The former tree surgeon gave up running his own business to join Blue...
