News & Events

Archive for January 2014

• Warning following flood rescues

  Tuesday 28 January 2014

  ereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) is encouraging people to take care on the roads after being called to several flood-related incidents yesterday evening (Sunday 27 January) in the Eardisley area.

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• Fire at funeral directors

  Tuesday 28 January 2014

  An electrical fire at a funeral directors in Leominster over the weekend has caused severe smoke damage at the premises.

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• Commercial workshop fire

  Tuesday 28 January 2014

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) attended a serious Commercial workshop fire at Eastwood garage, near Tarrington, Hereford on Tuesday 28 January resulting in the A438 being closed for around 2 ½ hours.

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• LPG leak following motorway collision

  Friday 24 January 2014

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) is currently attending a road traffic collision on the eastbound carriageway of the M50 motorway, between junctions 2 and 1.

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• Road Safety Warning

  Thursday 23 January 2014

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) launched its Winter Safety Campaign back in September, and since then, has issued a weekly safety message encouraging residents to stay safe in their homes and as they travel on the roads across the two counties.

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• Collision at Upton Bishop

  Tuesday 21 January 2014

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) was called to assist at a road traffic collision in Upton Bishop near Ross-on-Wye just after 1.30pm yesterday afternoon (Sunday 20 January).

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• Industrial fires in Droitwich

  Monday 20 January 2014

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) was called at 9.50am yesterday (Sunday 19 February) to a fire in a high reach forklift truck situated inside a high bay warehouse at Atchison Topeka, Hampton Lovett.

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• Redditch House Fire

  Saturday 18 January 2014

  A man has been taken to hospital with burns following a fire at his house in Grafton Close in Woodrow, Redditch, earlier today.

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• Chip Pan Fire Kidderminster

  Friday 17 January 2014

  Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service (HWFRS) is re-issuing its kitchen safety advice following a chip pan fire in Kidderminster yesterday evening (Wednesday 16 January).

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• College Owner Fined for Breach of Fire Regulations

  Thursday 16 January 2014

  The owner of Abbey College, an independent school in Malvern, has been fined £24,000 at Worcester Crown Court yesterday for serious breaches in fire safety law, and agreed to pay prosecution costs of a further £25,000. Hekmat Kaveh pleaded guilty to breaching the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

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