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Fire and Police “Work Better Together”

Firefighters from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service and Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service prepare to hook up a police negotiator in a training exercise on a bridge over the River Severn. Left to right Telford firefighter Jordan Bixley, Saul Bolton and right, Telford Crew Manager Dave Joiner and Jamie Skipworth.

  Fire and Police are “working better together” to rescue vulnerable people who threaten to jump from bridges or high buildings in a training initiative launched by Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service. Firefighters skilled in rope rescues can quickly ensure trained police negotiators are hooked up so that they safely talk to a person in […]