At 11.40am Fire Control received numerous calls to a fire at the old factory site, Ennerdale Road, Shrewsbury. Two fire appliances from Shrewsbury were initially mobilised to the incident.
On arrival the Officer in charged was confronted with a fire in the top floor of the building with large plumes of black smoke coming from the roof.
The officer in charge requested additional fire appliances and two aerial ladder platforms to attend the incident.
Incident Commander more
A special plaque to "a special man" was unveiled at a ceremony held at Wem Fire Station.
The plaque is dedicated to the late Sam Huxley, a saleseman at Hartshorne's Volvo dealership, who was so helpful in organising a new fire engine for Wem back in 1996.
For the past 11 years the brass plate bearing his name has been sited on the fire appliance travelling to emergencies throughout the area.
When Wem received a replacement engine on Carnival Day this year, the fire crew more
Farming is a family tradition in Shropshire - as is firefighting.
Many of the county's retained fire crews in rural Shropshire come from farming families - some going back generations - and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service has thanked them for their service at a special "awards" ceremony held at Hodnet Fire Station.
Farmers and other county employers were praised for releasing staff to fight fires and rescue road crash victims.
Deputy Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond more
Press release by Safer Roads Partnership
The Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia has launched a campaign, aimed at 17 to 24 year olds, to help reduce casualties and deaths on the region's roads.
The campaign focuses on teenagers and young adults and empowering passengers to speak up when they feel their driver is going too fast. The campaign features hard hitting visuals of the aftermath of a collision.
Billboards, bus, magazine and cinema advertising is running more
Minsterley has got a brand new fire engine - and now it wants more firefighters to join up to help crew it.
An open day is being held at the fire station on October 21 from 10am to 2pm for potential recruits interested in joining up to come and meet firefighters and find out more about the retained fire service.
The Shropshire village has just nine retained firefighters who turn out to an average of 130 emergency calls a year in and around Minsterley and as far afield as more
Eric Humphries, Mayor of Much Wenlock, has presented a cheque for £330 to Chief Fire Officer Alan Taylor on behalf of the the Fire Services National Beneveolent Fund.
The money was raised at the local Community Safety Open Day held at Much Wenlock Fire Station on 1 September 2007.
Following on from the success of the Community Safety Open Day held at Ludlow Fire Station where over 400 people attended, South Shropshire Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership working in partnership with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service will be hosting a further Road Safety themed Community Open Day at the Memorial Hall, in Clun on Saturday 13 October between 10am and 4pm.
District Fire Officer Jim Quinn explained:
"Last year Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended more
Donnington Partnership press release
On 4th October the Asda Donnington store was the location for part 2 of Donnington Partnership's successful Operation Clean sweep Three E campaign, which was a day of providing Education, all things to do with the Environment and information about Enforcement tools used against persistent offenders.
A large number of service-providers including Telford & Wrekin Council, West Mercia Police, Neighbourhood Watch, Shropshire Fire and Rescue more
Shropshire fire crews have "one of the best" search and rescue training grounds in the UK - thanks to a county firm.
Yard manager Simon Huntington piled 3,500 tons of broken concrete onto a series of re-inforced pipes placing steel girders and roofing sheets on top to recreate a major building collapse. He made a two metre shaft and used concrete slabs to block up the interconnecting tunnels for firefighters to cut their way through during "rescue" scenarios.
The gigantic mound more
Is Your Child Worth £3? Wake Up Get A Smoke Alarm - this is just one of many important fire safety messages being given to schoolchildren as part of a major classroom initiative launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Fire crews are "adopting" schools in Shrewsbury and Telford to teach children valuable lessons in fire safety, hoax calls and arson along with other vital, potentially lifesaving safety issues under the newly launched Adopt A School programme.
More than more
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