Up to 500 people attended a major public exhibition on car crashes organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Aimed at educating Shropshire motorists about the dangers on our roads, the event at Market Drayton fire station was hailed a huge success.
Crowds watched as firefighters performed two 20 minute re-enactments on extricating car cash victims from saloon cars. They sawed through the roof of the cars before carefully removing the vehicle's doors to safely release the more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service recently held a special event in South Shropshire to thank employers of retained firefighters for allowing them to carry out their duties.
The Employers' Evening was staged at Bishop's Castle Fire Station to celebrate both the efforts of the county's retained firefighters and their employers.
Officials said the co-operation of employers who allow their staff to work for the fire service is a huge benefit for the public of Shropshire, more
A major public exhibition on car crashes aimed at educating motorists will be staged at Market Drayton Fire Station open day on September 23.
Advice will also be on hand from road safety experts, ambulance and police with a series of activities and stands, including a drink driving display from the TTC Group more
Shropshire's rural firefighters have got a much needed helping hand - in the shape of eight extra full time support staff.
And the man whose actions triggered off the recruitment drive today praised the initiative as a "Godsend" for retained firefighters at rural stations across the county.
The Retained Support Officers will provide a valuable back up service assisting training, recruitment and fire safety campaigns, liaising with employers and families and helping with more
Newport firefighters are holding a charity car wash on Saturday (Sept 16th) from 10am to 4pm at Newport fire station in aid of the Fire Service National Benevolent Fund.
Motorists turning up will be given the chance to tour the fire station while their car is being washed - and given useful safety advice on how to prevent fires in the home.
A team of football playing Firefighters' have won a local Charity 5-a-side tournament organised by St Marys Youth Initiative .
The event took place at St Mary's School and raised £100 to help fund the local 'Community Hut'. The project is hoping to raise £80,000 towards the building which will be situated at the Grove in Bridgnorth.
Eight teams took part in the event including local Police officers, firefighters, the Beavers' group, Bridgnorth Town Youth team, Bridgnorth more
A campaign to reduce the death and injury toll on Shropshire roads has been launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Hard hitting graphics with a range of road safety messages are now on the back of fire appliances around the county.
Firefighters are also working with Road Safety Professionals to promote the use of child safety seats to coincide with new laws being brought in on September 18 which demand that children under 4ft 5ins tall must be belted up in a child car more
On Saturday evening an Incident Commander from Shrewsbury and fire crews from Baschurch and Oswestry were called to an incident involving a hot air balloon that had crash landed in a field near Platt Bridge, Ruyton-XI-Towns. A specialist off road vehicle from Church Stretton was also sent to the incident.
Incident Commander Neil Grove said, "The balloon landed next to live overhead electric power cables in the field with the canopy draped over the cables. The balloon was involved in a more
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority has launched an "extensive" public consultation exercise to get feedback on proposed changes to the service outlined in their draft integrated risk management action plan for 2007/08.
The plan details progress with the Fire Authority's main priorities up to March 2008 which are the implementation of the findings of an in depth review of the retained firefighters duty system, provision of fire safety education in rural parts of the county and a more
Leading Firefighter Mark Jones of Shrewsbury Retained whisked his new wife Sharon away in a non-traditional carriage—the new Wellington fire appliance— to take them to their wedding reception.
The couple were definitely doing things in style with Sharon arriving at the church accompanied by 6 Minis, in 'Italian Job' form, followed by their first journey as Mr and Mrs Jones in the brand new fire appliance.
After their mini adventure on 2 September, Mark and Sharon are more
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