News & Events

Archive for November 2018

• Preventing electrical heating house fires

  Monday 26 November 2018

  In the last three years 15% of house fires in Herefordshire and Worcestershire were caused by heating appliances, resulting in two deaths and 18 injuries. Here HWFRS offers advice to avoid winter warming becoming a seasonal tragedy.

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• Kidderminster firefighter recruit is honoured

  Tuesday 20 November 2018

  Firefighter Richard Dyche from Kidderminster has been honoured by Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service.

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• Fire and Rescue Service annual honours (Herefordshire)

  Tuesday 20 November 2018

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) presented honours recognising the talents and commitment of firefighters and their colleagues in Herefordshire, at a ceremony at the Town Hall on Friday 16 November 2018.

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• Senior citizens at greatest risk of home electrical fires

  Monday 19 November 2018

  Nationally 11 accidental electrical fires a day affect people aged 65 and over, and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) is asking people to check on older neighbours and friends, during Electrical Fire Safety Week.

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• Bewdley families evacuated after gas leak

  Friday 16 November 2018

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service responded to a road traffic collision (RTC) and gas leak in the early hours of Friday 16 November 2018 on Kidderminster Road in Bewdley.

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• HWFRS supports Product Safety Week

  Monday 12 November 2018

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS), is supporting Product Safety Week, encouraging local residents to follow some simple safety tips when buying large domestic appliances online.

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• On-call firefighter on balancing rural work, life, and firefighting

  Wednesday 07 November 2018

  On-call firefighter Peter Murray talks about on balancing rural work, life, and firefighting to Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson.

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• HWFRS on-call firefighter is a modern-day Home Front Hero

  Tuesday 06 November 2018

  Leintwardine on-call firefighter Peter Murray features in the BBC One documentary series Home Front Heroes with Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson on Wednesday 7 November 2018 (and on BBC iplayer until 6 December), as the modern-day version of a war-time air-raid warden.

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• Fire and Rescue Service re-locates to Hindlip Park

  Monday 05 November 2018

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) has re-located to Hindlip Park, completing the co-location plans with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner and West Mercia Police headquarters.

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• Free ‘Biker Down’ course during Road Safety Week

  Friday 02 November 2018

  Bikers in Worcestershire are invited to attend a free Biker Down course in Worcester from 10:00am-1:30pm on Friday 23 November 2018.

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