Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service

Description

Our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant

Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our organisation and show our commitment by:

  • Promoting the fact that we are an Armed Forces-friendly organisation
  • Supporting and advocating support for the employment of veterans, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process; advertising vacancies with Career Transition Partnership for Service leavers.
  • Supporting and advocating support for the employment of Service spouses and partners; advertising vacancies with the Forces Families Jobs website; providing flexibility in granting leave for Service spouses and partners before, during and after a partner’s deployment.
  • Supporting our staff who are members of the Reserve Forces, granting additional leave for annual Reserves training and supporting any mobilisations
  • Supporting our staff who are volunteer leaders in Military Cadet Organisations, granting additional leave to attend training camps and courses
  • Supporting National Events and activities
  • Supporting Armed Forces charities with fundraising and supporting our employees who volunteer to assist.

About us

Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service operates from 23 strategically located sites across Shropshire. The Service has three whole-time stations located in Shrewsbury, Telford and Wellington. On-call firefighters operate from 22 stations. The Service headquarters is in Shrewsbury and the Training Centre is in Telford.

More than 500 full-time and on-call firefighters protect 493,000 residents throughout Shropshire & Telford and Wrekin and attend some 4,000 emergencies annually.

We provide emergency response services for the whole of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin, operating with 46 vehicles plus specialist appliances.

Our prevention and protection activities also help educate and protect communities we serve and businesses within the area to avoid fires happening in the first place.

A modern fire and rescue service also relies upon a talented team of support staff to help deliver the service the community expects. These roles are wide and varied and include Administration Support, Human Resources, ICT, Finance, Planning & Performance, Resources & Workshops, and Training & Development.