Shropshire firefighter Louise Fletcher (right) with Lindsay Jones and Laura Davies (front) at last year’s women firefighter taster session
Shropshire women are being encouraged to consider the opportunity of more
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Shropshire firefighters have been heavily involved as part of the UK’s national resilience force battling the worst floods to hit the country for many years.
On call fire crews from across the county left their work and families at short notice to be part of the largest mobilisation of the UK’s fire and rescue services since the Second World War.
They have been working day and night in Reading and Staines over the past week pumping water from flooded homes and helping with the more
Firefighters from across Shropshire will be taking part in the Firefighters Charity national car wash every Saturday in March 2014. The event takes place in March and September each year and raises nationally over £100,000 for injured Fire Fighters and their families.
In September 2013, Shropshire Firefighters from ten different stations raised over £2,500 for the Charity.
The Firefighters Charity is the only national charity which provides respite, recuperation and more
Budget changes caused by lower than expected government grant reductions and an increase in the number of households providing more council tax means Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service can review some of its most severe cost cutting plans and safeguard services for the next few years, the Chief Fire Officer revealed today.
The changes to the budget amount to an improvement of £0.5m, and will allow the Fire Authority more flexibility in the range of options needed to achieve the more
Over the past eighteen months, we have been reviewing our long term strategic planning, and the challenges that we face into the future:
• The changing needs of Shropshire’s communities and the risks that they face
• Continuing financial pressures due to reductions in government grant, and
• The requirements to deal with all foreseeable local, cross border and national risks
You have told us what you think about the Service and how we should change it to meet these more
The Lord Lieutenant presents annual awards to Shropshire firefighters and is pictured here with Mac Harris after receiving his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
The Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire more
Police today issued an appeal for witnesses after arsonists are thought to have set fire to a car and trailer outside a Market Drayton home. Tyres exploded as flames destroyed the green Peugeot 306 outside the address in Chestnut Road. It’s thought the vehicle was set alight at around 1.15am and the alarm raised about 10 minutes later as one of the tyres exploded waking the owners. A 6ft by 4ft wooden single axle trailer in front of the vehicle was slightly damage. Police attended and the more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a car fire in Dark Lane Drive, Dawley, Telford at 02.52am on 5th February.
The vehicle was totally destroyed and caused damage to the guttering and down pipe of an adjoining garage.
Two crews from Telford Central and Tweedale attended, together with a Fire Investigation Officer.
The fire is being treated as arson and is the fourth vehicle to be set on fire in this area the Dawley/Malinslee area in a week.
Anyone with more
Firefighters do NOT need to be large, burly, macho, super-strong - or male!
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service actively encourages and supports women to join us as part-time paid firefighters.
It’s good pay, lots of public recognition, and close to home.
Come along to our Taster Day if you live or work within 5 minutes of your local fire station.
For more information contact Laura on 01743 260 189
Firefighters in your living room - John Hammond, with thermal imaging camera, Jamie Tooth with chimney roads and John Mackenzie (right) demonstrate how they tackle a chimney fire
Chimney fires can cause thousands of pounds in damage to a home as well as putting lives at risk, warn Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Householders can also lose out in an insurance claim more
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