Six people were injured in a seven vehicle pile up caused by a drunken lorry driver in south Shropshire but it was all a vivid re-enaction as part of an emergency services training exercise organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Trapped inside crushed cars strewn across a road were "victims" made up to look like real casualties with spine, neck, pelvis injuries, broken bones, head and internal injuries to test the reactions of 999 crews.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has praised a decision to install sprinklers in all new Shropshire secondary schools.
The move was today welcomed by the Chief Fire Officer and Anthony Derricutt, Building and Planning manager for the county fire service.
The decision has been made as part of Shropshire's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) plans. The ambitious Government programme intends to replace or refurbish all secondary schools in the country over the next 10 to 15 more
Shropshire firefighters "rescued" four canoeists in a water training exercise which mirrored real life rescues carried out on the fast flowing River Severn at Bridgnorth.
About 40 firefighters from Bridgnorth, Much Wenlock, Shrewsbury and Tweedale fire stations took part in the three hour evening event to test their skills using throwlines, a boat and carrying out bankside searches for missing people.
Retained Support Officer Dave Jennings said: "We attend many incidents to more
A school collapse in Shropshire was the scenario facing firefighters at a special search and rescue training event held at a county building site.
Firefighters acted out the rescue of 11pupils from the rubble strewn site played by travel and tourism students from Telford College of Arts and Technology.
It was all part of "Exercise Demolition Man" launched by the county's fire training department as part of ongoing tuition to train all wholetime firefighters from Telford and more
Firefighters and pharmacists have joined forces in an innovative campaign to help the elderly in Shropshire.
The dual initiative aims to improve fire safety in pensioners' homes and organise a free medicine safety check at the same time.
During regular home fire safety checks, firefighters will leave information for pensioners giving them details of how their local pharmacist can give advice on the medicines they are taking.
Pensioners arriving at their local chemist to more
A new initiative to point elderly people in the right direction to seek a helping hand has been launched by Shropshire community leaders – with the aid of Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Group Manager John Das Gupta, Head of Community Fire Safety, helped to launch the Signpost scheme which aims to reach the most vulnerable "at risk" elderly to help them to keep warm, stay safe and secure and with enough food and money.
The scheme will operate through routine home visits more
A team of quickfire quiz experts from Oldbury Wells School, near Bridgnorth, have been declared the winners of this year's fire safety quiz run by Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service.
A total of ten Shropshire schools took part in the final held at Telford Fire Station yesterday (Tuesday 28th) after winning through regional heats involving schools from across the county.
Over the past few weeks, hundreds of year 11 pupils from 47 schools have been researching facts, figures more
A Shrewsbury fire control operator kept a trapped householder calm as she waited for fire crews to arrive at her smoke logged Shropshire home after fire broke out.
Oswestry businesswoman Eirwen Day (44) dialled 999 after seeing smoke pouring up the staircase of her home just after 2pm today (Thursday). She couldn't get downstairs and retreated into a bedroom of the semi detached house in Station Road, Whittington, where she called for help.
Watch manager Ian Titley took her more
Firefighters were praised for their dedicated service to Shropshire at a special awards ceremony held at Shrewsbury Fire HQ.
Lord Lieutenant Algernon Heber-Percy presented Long Service and Good Conduct Medals to ten firefighters from across the county.
He thanked them for their loyalty and bravery in carrying out service to the community and praised wives, partners and children for their support which included giving up holidays and experiencing regular disturbed mealtimes. more
Firefighters were praised for their dedicated service to Shropshire at an awards ceremony held at Shrewsbury Fire HQ including a special award to recognise 40 years service made to Whitchurch Station Manager Mike Beach.
Mike, of Pearl Yard, joined the fire service as a 17-year-old after spending his childhood cycling after fire engines "to find out where the fire was."
He was praised for forging links with the community, motivating staff and pushing forward fire safety more
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