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New Recruits Join Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Martin Tomanek, from Slovakia, is now a Shropshire firefighter after settling in Cleobury Mortimer. He is pictured with wife Tanya and daughter Lorelei.

Firefighter recruits from Romania and Slovakia have joined Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Martin Tomanek and Bogdan Ciornei are among the latest intake of 23 on call firefighters to pass out at a Celebration of Success event at Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury, on Monday night. (November 9th) They include four women firefighters – the highest number […]

Dyslexia Is A “Gift,” Says Shropshire Firefighter

On call firefighter Jeremy Chambers (44), a mechanic at Prees Auto, has dyslexia and Meares Irlen syndrome and is now getting filtered glasses to make reading easier.

  Word is spreading about a successful scheme helping to transform the lives of Shropshire employees with dyslexia. Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, with a higher ratio of dyslexic staff than the 10 per cent population average, is one of a few public sector organisations to run a support programme acclaimed for changing the lives […]