A unique conference organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service aimed at improving the retained service by sharing best practice has been hailed an overwhelming success with the hope of more similar events to be held in the future.
More than 150 delegates from 39 fire and rescue services from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland down to the Isle of Wight gathered in the lecture theatre in the shape of a bunker inside the outstanding visitor attraction of the RAF Cosford museum, more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service celebrated the 70th anniversary of the 999 emergency services with schoolchildren who took part in an interactive fire safety demonstration.
Youngsters aged from 4 to 11 at Bryn Offa Primary School in Pant, near Oswestry, learned what to do in an emergency and how to stay safe with information from community fire safety officer Sam Hamer.
They took part in a number of activities including a race to put on a firefighter's uniform and practised more
Retained Shropshire firefighters were called to Rotherham as part of a UK firefighting team to prevent a dam from bursting its banks and deluging three nearby villages with flood water.
Motorists should not attempt to drive through flooded roads or fords. The water is often deeper than it looks and may be moving quite fast. Your vehicle may be swept away or become stranded
Do not attempt to walk through flooded areas. Even shallow water moving fast can sweep you off your feet more
Retained Shropshire firefighters were called to Rotherham as part of a UK firefighting team to prevent a dam from bursting its banks and deluging three nearby villages with flood water.
In a race against time, firefighters from across the country headed north to use a number of specialist high volume pumping units each able to remove half a million litres of water every hour - twice the capability of a normal pump.
Prees firefighters, who had been due to start work in their own more
Gardeners are being advised to recycle their garden waste in a bid to reduce the number of out of control bonfires in Shropshire.
Firefighters attended more than 200 emergency calls which turned out to be garden bonfires last year.
"This places a drain on our valuable fire and rescue service resources with crews being called away from other important community fire safety and operational duties," said Sub Officer Dave Bartlett of the false alarm reduction team.
As the more
More than 1,500 Shropshire school children have watched a "spine tingling" stage production which has successfully got over vital anti arson messages.
Deliberate fires increase in the county during the school holidays and with Summer fast approaching, fire officers are keen to remind children about the danger to lives and property.
Children aged between 9 and 14 from 36 county schools have watched twice daily performances from vibrant actors from the Zip Theatre who tell the more
Shropshire firefighters enjoy a challenge. That's why a team of eight from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are getting ready to climb Britain's three highest peaks in just 24 hours - and it's all for charity.
In total the firefighters and support staff will scale a grand total of 11,173ft in the UK fire service's 20th Three Peaks Challenge.
They will start with a five hour trek up Ben Nevis at 4,408ft in Scotland on June 17 before travelling to Cumbria for the four hour 3, more
Sally Barnett has already "climbed a mountain" in recovering from a horseriding accident which broke her back so scaling the heights of Snowdon for real will be a walk in the park for the 35-year-old fire control operator at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
She will trek to the top of the famous Welsh peak exactly a year to the day that she fractured a vertebrae in her back after a fall from a friend's horse in a Bridgnorth field which left her unable to stand.
Sally will be more
Shropshire retained firefighter Trevor Williams has been given the best Father's Day present imaginable - the gift of knowing that he has helped his very ill son on the road to recovery by donating him a kidney.
The successful father to son kidney transplant means that 5-year-old Zach, who was born with chronic renal failure, will now be able to lead a normal and healthy life for the first time.
With the numbers of organ donors falling, a widespread search for a suitable kidney more
June 4 - 8, 2007
Concord College theatre, Acton Burnell, near Shrewsbury.
Attendance is free but seat numbers are restricted so schools are being urged to book places now by contacting:
Zip Theatre 01902 572 250
between 10am and 5pm Monday to Friday.
Schools across Shropshire are being urged to watch a "spine tingling" stage production which gets vital anti more
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