Closing date for entries 9th June 2013.
For more details and an application form please contact the Brigade FSSAA Secretary, John Harrison, at Shrewsbury HQ.
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The 2013 Carp national competition will be held at Wyreside Lakes, Lancashire from 11am Tuesday 24th to 1pm Thursday 26th September 2013. The competition will follow the format of a 48 hour match with a water craft draw.
Closing date for entries 31st August 2013.
For more details and an application form please contact the Brigade FSSAA Secretary, John Harrison, at Shrewsbury HQ.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have attended another report of a wheelie bin fire at 8.47pm on Wednesday 10th April 2013 on Woodrows, Woodside, Telford. The wheelie bin was deliberately set on fire.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have attended five wheelie bin fires on Woodside since February 2013.
Our advice is always store wheelie bins well away from the front of property’s, and only put out bins on the day of collection.
If anyone has any more
On 31st March Stu Rushton from Green Watch, Telford shattered the Guinness World Record by running the Ironbridge half marathon in full fire kit in 2hrs 00mins 47secs. Stu wanted to say thankyou to Alec Thomas, from his watch, for running ahead of him videoing the whole event.
Congratulations to Stu for this amazing run and for raising money for the Firefighters Charity and Help for Heroes.
If you would like to contribute please visit more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have been called out on seven occasions since the end of February to grass fires around the area of the underpass in Whitchurch Drive, Wellington.
All of the fires have been started deliberately and on occasions there have been multiple seats of fires.
Whilst fire crews are dealing with these fires they are unable to respond to more serious fires or accidents.
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service are working with West Mercia Police to more
Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service attended a report of a wheelie bin fire at 8.25pm on Tuesday 19th March 2013 in Waltondale, Woodside, Telford.
The wheelie bin was set on fire at the front of the property and caused fire and smoke damage to the door and porch area. Firefighters from Telford Central and Tweedale attended and entry was forced to the property as initial reports suggested that the occupants were inside the property.
Our advice is always store wheelie bins well more
The story of how a 999 operator kept a panic stricken mother talking over the phone in a bid to calm her while a blaze trapped her and her two young children in their Shropshire home will be re-told on BBC Real Rescues tomorrow. (Tuesday)
The programme will be broadcast at 11.30am on Tuesday, March 19th and repeated on Wednesday at 7.05am on BBC2.
Fire control operator Sandra Davies, a Watch Manager with Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service stayed on the line with mum more
Householders are putting their lives at risk by installing their own woodburners in a bid to keep rising fuel costs down, warns Community Fire Safety Manager Rabinder Dhami at Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service.
They are also risking huge financial costs if a fire breaks out as insurance claims potentially could be turned down if stoves are not fitted by a qualified engineer.
There have been eight chimney fires in county homes in March - two of them caused by faulty woodburners more
Firefighters and staff from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service have paid tribute to the only fireman known to have died on duty in Shropshire.
George Faulconbridge (50) fell to his death during a fire drill in Shrewsbury in 1938 while demonstrating how people could be lowered to safety in a hoist. He lost his grip on a rope and died in front of his firefighting colleagues after the 26ft fall.
His death could have been forgotten but for the determination of three staff members more
Test your smoke alarm this clock change weekend (31 March 2013)
A young boy explores the burnt-out shell of his former home, examines his old toys, and a clock, then asks you to make a life-saving promise this Easter - to test your smoke alarm and keep your loved ones safe from fire.
This is the story of a new Fire Kills online video launched today (5 March 2013).
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