Archive for November 2018
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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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