Shropshire firefighters armed with buckets and sponges are taking part in the national Fire Fighters charity car wash at fire stations across the county every Saturday in March.
They are hoping to raise hundreds of pounds for the charity which gives respite, recuperation and rehabilitation to sick or injured firefighters and their families.
Instead of a car wash, Shrewsbury firefighters are staging a “step challenge” on Saturday, March 4 wearing full fire kit and more
A Shropshire company has made a “key” contribution to training county firefighters in how to enter buildings quickly in an emergency.
Building products manufacturer Epwin Group, a UK leader in innovative door and window design, gave hundreds of door locks to Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to train firefighters.
Fire officers had been searching for more than a year for a company with a cheap source of doors, locks and handles, to help during specialist training more
Successful UK fire prevention methods will feature at a conference in Denmark in March after a visit organised by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service from a 22-year-old student.
Andreas Sorgensen has just returned home after a ten week internship studying firefighting techniques in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire fire and rescue services with a visit to West Midlands Ambulance Service as well.
The student, who is a trainee firefighter as part of his national more
Householders are being strongly urged to register electrical appliances by fire safety experts.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service says people who register new and old appliances with the relevant manufacturer will greatly reduce the risk of a fire in their home.
A national campaign aimed at encouraging people to register their electrical appliances is launched on Wednesday, February 1. According to figures released as part of the campaign, thousands of consumers are still more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service is backing a nationwide project aimed at getting people talking more openly about mental health.
The ‘Time to Talk Day’ on Thursday, February 2 is being run by charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness with the aim of getting people to talk to each other about mental health issues.
“Addressing mental health in the same positive way we address physical health is a vital part of sustaining and supporting a healthy workforce. Talking more
Women interested in a career as on call firefighters’ attended a successful taster session at Albrighton Fire Station.
One sent in an application form immediately after the event attended by six women from across the county.
During the session they toured the fire station, checked out the equipment aboard fire appliances, tried on fire kit and experienced wearing breathing apparatus under instruction from the Albrighton crew.
The visitors also talked to women more
Some of Shropshire’s newest firefighters took on a tough challenge recently in a bid to raise money for the Firefighters Charity.
On Saturday (Nov 26) at Telford Town Centre seven firefighters who have just completed their initial firefighter training course used a stepping machine to climb the equivalent height of New York’s former twin towers wearing full fire kit and breathing apparatus.
Their epic climb – the equivalent of 2,300 steps and 110 floors - more
Smoke alarms saved the life of a sleeping 88-year-old Shropshire pensioner whose home had caught fire.
Keith Wilkins was snoozing in an armchair in the living room of his bungalow in Alveley, near Bridgnorth, when flames started to spread from the kitchen cooker filling the home with choking black smoke.
But three smoke alarms, positioned throughout the large bungalow by firefighters as part of a countywide campaign to protect vulnerable householders, were triggered by more
The first wholetime firefighters to be recruited by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service in five years shared a special day with their proud families and friends this week.
The 12 recruits attended a Passing Out ceremony at Shropshire FRS's training centre in Telford where Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority Chair, Stuart West, presented them with certificates to mark their successful completion of a tough 12-week training course.
They were welcomed and congratulated by more
Shropshire firefighters helped tick off one more “bucket list” wish for the owners of a Boxer dog with just a few weeks left to live.
Firefighters made a huge fuss of Ralph and the four-year-old pet’s owners Stephanie Malia and her parents Julie and Ed Malia, landlords of The Wickets Pub in Wellington.They had asked for their beloved pet, who is a lookalike for the Boxer in the John Lewis Christmas TV advert, to meet firefighters at Wellington fire station as he “just loves” more
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