A daughter and mother tragically perished in a blaze that ripped through their detached family home in Fishers Lock, Newport.
Several calls were received in the early hours of Saturday morning and fire appliances from Newport, Wellington and Telford Central along with an Incident Commander were immediately sent to the scene. On arrival two children had already been rescued by neighbours.
Crews were faced with a severe fire involving both floors of the family home and had to more
Bright sparks from Wrockwardine Wood School in Telford and The Grange School in Shrewsbury have won through to the final of this year's county fire safety quiz after beating 14 other schools from Telford and Shrewsbury in a hotly contested round of questions.
Schoolchildren were competing in the first regional heats of the "life skills" safety quiz organised by Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service.
Hosting the western regional heat in Shrewsbury was The Grange School who more
More than 30 firefighters took three hours to bring under control a massive blaze which tore through a derelict Shrewsbury pub at about 9pm last night.
Crowds of up to 100 people gathered outside The Harlescott Inn to watch as five fire crews tackled the flames which leapt as high as 40ft into the air.
Fire chiefs said officers were hampered by dangerous conditions inside the derelict pub, in Whitchurch Road, because windows and doors had been boarded up.
Shrewsbury more
In just seven weeks time nine firefighters from Shropshire will be cycling the famous Lands' End to John O'Groats route in support of the Fire Services National Benevolent Fund, Hope House Children's Hospice and the local Macmillan Cancer Relief.
They will begin their 1000-mile journey from Lands End on Friday 5th May 2006, taking a route through Shropshire and aiming to arrive in the Scottish Highlands of John O'Groats on Monday 15th May. The men who are all full time firefighters more
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-year-olds all about general safety including tips on how to stay safe with fire, water, on the roads and railways, how to deal with school bullies, facts on alcohol and tobacco, and what to do in an emergency.
Hosting the western regional heat more
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, wrote down his busy schedule which began at 6.15am and ended writing fire reports late at night and submitted it to his fire chief as part of a detailed report about the life of a rural firefighter. The Fire Chief in turn presented it to the more
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.
He wrote about his personal experience attending incidents in and around the pretty south Shropshire town which has its own fire station.
Trevor, 40, with wife Jacqui and two boys aged 4 and 6, is a partner running the family poultry farm more
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 Shropshire.
Thousands of smoke alarms had now been fitted and fires had plummeted as a result, he heard during a visit to Newport where he learned that 148 alarms had been put into people's homes since December.
The MP visited the home more
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 when the dog ran off chasing ducks across the lake before falling through the ice.
The family telephoned 999 and two crews from Wellington launched a rescue operation.
Sub-officer Russ Hales said the firefighters used an inflatable more
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 school day with pupils at the Sutherland School working in groups with Year 7 pupils to raise awareness about fire safety in the community.
"This is the third year we have been going into the Sutherland School as part of the Adopt A School more
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