Fire Campaign to Help Vulnerable People in Shropshire

Ex-firefighter Sam Hamer from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service helping the vulnerable

  A campaign has been launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service to help the county’s “vulnerable” people who are most at risk from fire breaking out in their homes. A total of five Vulnerable Person’s Officers (VPO) will visit homes across the county to carry out fire risk assessments to reduce the potential danger. […]

My Mum’s A Firefighter

Kat Frost and Michelle Townsend with their fellow new recruits in training with Holmatro cutting gear to rescue car crash victims

  A campaign to get more women to become firefighters has been launched as three of the latest recruits get ready to join Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. A primary school teaching assistant from Much Wenlock, Church Stretton fitness instructor and Clun pub barmaid are undergoing training at the fire training school in Telford to […]

Women’s Taster Day

Women’s Taster Day Oswestry Fire Station, Saturday  21st February 2015 at 09.30 – 12.00 We are holding a taster event to encourage women to look at becoming part-time professional firefighters. To be a retained firefighter you need to live within 5 minutes of your local fire station in Shropshire, be fit and reliable, and be […]

Women’s Taster Day

We are holding a taster event to encourage women to look at becoming part-time professional firefighters. To be a retained firefighter you need to live within 5 minutes of your local fire station, be fit and reliable, and be able to attend for duty at any time within your agreed hours. We provide training, support, […]

Holocaust Memorial Day 2015

  The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) is the charity which promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). 27 January 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 2015 will also be the 20th anniversary of the Genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. It is particularly appropriate that the theme for this major anniversary year […]

Holocaust Memorial Day 2015

  The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) is the charity which promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). 27 January 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 2015 will also be the 20th anniversary of the Genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. It is particularly appropriate that the theme for this major anniversary year […]

Holocaust Memoral Day 2015

On Holocaust Memorial Day 2015 The Holocaust Memorial Day Trust (HMDT) is the charity which promotes and supports Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD). 27 January 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. 2015 will also be the 20th anniversary of the Genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia. It is particularly appropriate that the theme for […]