Shropshire’s chief fire officer is urging businesses to double check their fire safety in the run-up to Christmas.
John Redmond says Christmas can bring additional fire risks for businesses as many store large amounts of extra stock, take on many more seasonal employees and prepare for a Christmas and New Year shutdown.
Speaking on the first day of UK Business Safety Week – a national campaign run by the Chief Fire Officers Association and aimed at helping British businesses more
Shropshire’s chief fire officer says that emergency calls to serious fires and rescues will be answered and dealt with normally during a 24-hour strike by firefighters due to begin on Tuesday morning.
John Redmond says contingency plans are in place to ensure that emergency calls and response times will be unaffected by the strike but he has urged the public to think twice before making a 999 call.
“I want to make it clear that the people of Shropshire will be protected during more
Principal Dr Gill Eatough invited everyone to Hadley Learning Community to be part of their multi-cultural, community Mela on Tuesday 25th November 2014 to celebrate Eid and Diwali. Shropshire Fire Rescue Service were proud to a part of the event. There were lots of stalls, fantastic food and entertainment for everyone. All proceeds raised were donated to Children in Need.
Sajid Younis, organiser of the event and teacher at Hadley Learning community said ‘it is important that we more
About 300 first year students from Harper Adams University, Edgmond, Nr Newport, witnessed a crew from Shropshire FIre & Rescue's Newport retained station demonstrate rescue techniques to release a casualty from a scrap saloon vehicle which had been involved in a road traffic collision.
The purpose of the demonstration was to reduce the number of incidents involving young drivers and get a very important message over., said Newport firefighter Martin Richardson.
"We don't more
Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service Fire Control received a call at 08:40 to a man and his dog trapped on a cliff face in Nesscliffe Hill Country park.
Mr Keogh from Bomere Heath returned to the park this morning after losing his dog the previous night. Mr Keogh found Fenn shivering on a ledge and attempted to rescue Fenn, when he himself became stuck.
A crew from Baschurch using line safety equipment successfully rescued Mr Keogh and Fenn from the ledge and they were both more
Shropshire firefighters are turning rags to riches for the Fire Fighters’ Charity after the successful launch of 13 recycling centres at county fire stations.
For the past six months, the Fire and Rescue Service has been working with the charity to collect textile donations.
Clothes banks at local fire stations have so far raised more than £2,500 for the charity.
Service Co-ordinator Ashley Brown said: " So far the scheme has been a great success with donations more
A total of 25 new firefighter recruits completed their intensive initial training courses at Telford’s firefighter training centre and had “key” qualities including the ability to keep going “when it gets tough” and the physical courage to complete the demands put upon them, said Chief Fire Officer John Redmond, at their "passing out" ceremony held in Shrewsbury.
“You have now not only become a member of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service but also a member of a select group more
Firefighters who put out fires and carry out car crash rescues in Shropshire have successfully cut the number of emergencies they attend by more than a third in almost a decade, said the county’s Chief Fire Officer.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service had been “very successful” in its main role to prevent emergency incidents happening through successful public education campaigns working with the help of other organisations, John Redmond told the latest firefighter recruits at their “ more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has issued an appeal for people to have their chimneys swept as they launch an annual chimney fire safety campaign.
There have been 39 chimney fires dealt with by Shropshire firefighters in homes across the county and one over the border in Staffordshire since April this year – most of them avoidable, say Community Fire Safety officers.
Many home owners traditionally turn to open fires, Rayburns and wood burners to stay warm during winter’s more
The new Deputy Chief Fire Officer of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has been appointed by Shropshire and Wrekin Fire and Rescue Authority.
Rod Hammerton, the former Assistant Chief Fire Officer for South Wales, steps up to replace John Redmond, who took over as Chief Fire Officer at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service in the Summer.
After a short career in the Royal Navy, Mr Hammerton (48) joined more
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