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
In the early hours of Sunday 26th February, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a smell of burning at a property in Fitzalan Road, Harlescott, Shrewsbury. The alarm was raised by a vigilant female neighbour who heard the smoke alarm operating and smelt burning.
Three appliances and an Incident Commander from Shrewsbury were mobilized and the first appliance put a message back that it was believed someone may be in the building.
The crews could smell burning more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to a severe fire in a waste paper recycling unit at Masebury Trading Estate Oswestry at 3.30 this morning whilst others crews were tackling a spate of car fires on the same estate.
The fire at Oswestry Waste Paper involved large quantities of baled compressed waste paper awaiting processing and the Fire Crews faced intense heat and danger of the stacked bales collapsing on them as they fought the fire.
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Shropshire schools are being urged to book their places now for the latest hugely popular production of Sparx! - an initiative between fire, police and a theatre group - to get vital anti-arson messages across to pupils.
The thought provoking and clever production of Sparx! is designed to raise awareness of the dangers and consequences of malicious fire setting and anti-social behaviour.
The play begins a six week tour of the West Midlands in June and visits Telford between more
He used to chop down trees but now Ellis Brazier is building bridges - with schoolchildren - in his new role as a firefighter with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
The former tree surgeon gave up running his own business to join Blue Watch at Shrewsbury fire HQ in a new career as a firefighter.
His fire crew has just "adopted" The Grange School in Shrewsbury as part of a campaign to forge better relationships with youngsters and to raise awareness about fire safety, hoax more
Young firefighters at one of Shropshire's far flung rural fire stations have the X Factor when it comes to community spirit.
The 12 strong crew at Bishops Castle are giving up their evenings and weekends to fit smoke alarms and door chains as part of a campaign to protect the 2,000 Bishops Castle population.
They have so far knocked on more than 500 doors and fitted 465 smoke alarms in the exercise which has seen fires fall dramatically, said Leading Firefighter Tony Barnes who more
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