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Fire Crews In Hospital Training Exercise

Shropshire firefighters In Training

  A major training exercise will be launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service at the weekend (July 9th) when firefighters will test their skills. They will use part of the disused maternity unit at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital to carry out realistic rescues using breathing apparatus and search and rescue techniques. Fire officers will also […]

Chief Fire Officer To Retire

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  Shropshire’s Chief Fire Officer John Redmond has announced his retirement after a distinguished 32 year career in the Fire and Rescue Service. He has led the county brigade through some of the harshest austerity measures ever to hit the fire service slashing £3 million off the budget while keeping open county fire stations faced […]

Save Pets In House Fires Campaign

Firefighter Louise Fletcher with the pet oxygen mask

  Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service will now be only the second brigade in the UK to have pet oxygen masks available for any house fire attended by firefighters. A Telford firefighter, dog charities and pet organisations have all contributed to the campaign, launched only last month, and collected a total of 15 pet oxygen […]

Fire Fighter Charity Success

Charity Service Co-ordinator Ashley Brown (left) and Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority chairman Stuart West at one of the textile recycling banks at 17 Shropshire fire stations which have raised more than £6,000 for the Fire Fighters’ Charity.

    Shropshire fire crews have smashed their fundraising target for the year by collecting £17,000 in a series of charity events. They had aimed to raised £9,600 for the Fire Fighters’ Charity over the past 12 months but raised the bar to get an extra £7,400. Charity Service co-ordinator Ashley Brown praised the fundraising […]

Andrew’s UK Fire Challenge Comes To Shropshire

Andrew, pictured at a Suffolk fire station on his round the UK fire station tour, will be in Shropshire on Friday, April 1.

A ten-year-old autistic boy’s challenge to visit every fire station in the UK comes to Shropshire on April 1. Over four days Andrew Impey will visit all of the county’s 23 fire stations meeting firefighters and being given a VIP tour. He arrives at Shrewsbury fire HQ at 9.30 on Friday, April 1, to be […]

Charity Car Wash

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  Shropshire firefighters armed with hoses, buckets and sponges are taking part in the national Fire Fighters Charity car wash at fire stations across the county every Saturday for the next four weeks. They are raising hundreds of pounds for the charity which gives respite, recuperation and rehabilitation to sick or injured firefighters and their […]