Shropshire Firefighters Show Their Animal Rescue Skills On Breakfast TV

Firefighters learn how to deal with all sorts of animals

Shropshire firefighters showed off their animal rescue skills live on BBC television this morning. BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Lloyd was with the animal rescue team based at Wellington Fire Station, where the cameras were rolling today. She reported how the demands for the animal rescue team, formed a few years ago, were growing from farmers […]

Women Who Want To Be Firefighters

Oswestry’s Liz Killvert listens to firefighter Ruth Walkerdine.

  Women who want to be firefighters turned out for a “taster” session at a Shropshire fire station. Attending the taster session on Saturday at Oswestry Fire Station were women aged between 23 and 47 and included mums whose children were leaving for university, a child care worker, butcher, fitness instructor and a business support […]