Shropshire’s award winning “on call” firefighters from across the county

Shropshire’s latest new recruits will be stationed at fire stations across the county. Here they are pictured with their new colleagues receiving their awards after successfully completing eight weeks basic training. They are pictured with Chief Fire Officer Paul Raymond and Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority chairman Stuart West at their passing out ceremony. The […]

Chemical incident training for Shropshire firefighters

Shropshire fire fighters some dressed in specialist chemical protection suits dealt with leaking chemicals from drums dumped in Craven Arms recently – but it was just a regular training exercise for Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire crews from across the county were called to Craven Arms in a reconstruction carried out to test Shropshire […]

Busy training night at Ludlow Fire Station

Ludlow Fire Station was a hive of activity at a recent training night which saw 3 appliances, the Environmental Pod and a ranger with crews from four RDS stations taking part in two training exercises which were running at the same time. Crews from Ludlow and Albrighton took part in a Hazardous Materials Exercise which […]

Fire crews in chemical exercise

Firefighters are well prepared to protect the people of Shropshire after their expertise was tested at a major chemical spillage training exercise in the county last night, (Thursday) said a senior fire chief. The emergency services responded when the alarm was raised at 7pm in a scenario involving a chemical plume rising out of a […]

Chemical spill training exercise moves to Ruyton XI Towns

The venue for a large scale training exercise by Shropshire firefighters involving a simulated chemical spillage has been moved from Oswestry to Ruyton X1 Towns. The routine training event was set to go ahead at the Cheese factory at Maesbury Road Industrial Estate in Oswestry this Thursday evening (October 8). But due to work commitments […]