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Sports Club destroyed in fire (4th Dec 2007) Firefighters from Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service have tackled a major fire at a Sports Club in Stourport on Severn. Crews from Tenbury Wells and Droitwich Spa were called in later on as relief crews to take over the incident from Stourport and Kidderminster. Crews from Tenbury Wells used Hydraulic Rescue Equipment to cut away debris inside the building and then used 2 jets to damp down. (Click image for full size image - Opens in new window)
Collection for Wark's Firefighters
The fund has been set up to help the families of the four firefighters killed in the warehouse fire at Atherstone on Stour. The total collected from Tenbury Wells stands at £1001.08 We would like to send out a huge thank you to everyone who donated for their generosity. More details of the fund can be found at www.warwickshire.gov.uk/fireandrescue
We have since received more donations, totalling £26, which is to go to the fund, taking Tenbury's total to £1027.08. Tenbury Firefighters have raised £40 from a quiz night for the Warwickshire Firefighters. This now takes Tenbury's total to £1067.08. Firefighters open sweet shop (24/11/07) Firefighters from Tenbury Fire Station have opened a new sweet shop in town. The shop, newly refurbished, following the summer floods was opened by WM David James at 10am on Saturday morning (24/11/07), watched by FF's Dan James, Shaun Drinkwater, John Davies, CM Ashley James and members of the public. Duke of Gloucester Visit 3rd Oct 2007. Tenbury Wells was visited by the Duke of Gloucester on Wednesday 3rd Oct, to inspect the damage caused by the flooding incidents in June and July. The Duke was greeted by the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, outside the Council buildings in Teme Street. He then went in to talk to local residents, farmers, traders and emergency service personnel, Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service being represented by Watch Manager David James from Tenbury Wells Fire Station. The Duke then walked around the town to see the damage for himself. The whole visit took around an hour. Pictured below are WM James with the Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire, and the Duke of Gloucester with his escort. <PICTURES> New Web URL (26/8/07) We have just registered a new URL to access this website. The Address is www.fire-rescue.co.uk. You can continue to visit the site as normal via any of the other URLs that we have registered. The new URL will take 24 hours to become active. Major Flooding 25th - 27th June 2007 - Tenbury Wells Town Centre. Crews from Tenbury Wells, Leominster, Stourport, Bewdley and Bromyard and specialist boat crews from Worcester, Evesham, SARA (Severn Area Rescue Association), and Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, have dealt with a major flooding in Tenbury Wells. The River Teme burst it's banks into the Town Centre in the early hours of 26th June, but had already flooded surrounding areas. Fire Appliances struggled to attend incidents due to the high water levels on the roads, boats and police helicopters had to be called in to assist. Firefighters spent three days solid rescuing people from cars in floodwater, evacuating the town and pumping out during the aftermath. Major Flooding 19/6/07 Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service took over 300 calls for assistance from the public in just a few hours. Crews from Tenbury Wells, Stourport, Bewdley, Kidderminster, Redditch, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Bromyard, Malvern, Droitwich, Evesham, Ledbury, Ross, Whitchurch, Fownhope and appliances from the West Midlands were called to hundreds of incidents throughout the evening. Crews from Tenbury attended cars in floodwater, caravans in floodwater and floodings involving electrics from around 8.30pm until 2.30am. RTC Exercise (14/06/07) Crews from Tenbury Wells, Ludlow and Wellington took part in a multi-vehicle road traffic collision simulation involving multiple casualties on Tuesday (12th June 2007) at a premise at Nash. The Tenbury crew were the first to arrive at the incident and quickly made contact and assessed all of the casualties before deciding who to treat first. The vehicles were stabilised and rescue equipment was quickly got to work to commence the extrications. Ambulance staff arrived and took over casualty care from the fire service. Tenbury dealt with a vehicle on it's side with a casualty trapped inside, while crews from Ludlow and Wellington dealt with another vehicle lodged underneath the bed of a lorry, again with a casualty trapped inside. New Look Website We have now uploaded the new version of the Tenbury Wells Fire Station website. We hope you like the new layout and colour scheme. If you have any comments or suggestions, or find any errors on the site, please contact the webmaster using the contact details available from the homepage. Rank to Role now implemented Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service have now moved over to a new role stucture, which has seen the end of the old rank system. For full details of the change, visit our Rank 2 Role page in the "Operations" section of the site. At a local level, Tenbury's Sub Officer has become a Watch Manager, and now has a white helmet with 1 black stripe and a black comb. Tenbury's Leading Firefighters have now become Crew Managers, and now have 2 black stripes on a yellow helmet.
17/3/07, Rank to Role a Step Nearer. Rank to Role is a step nearer, after the changeover date has now been released. Ranks will cease to exist after 1st April 2007 for Hereford and Worcester Crews, when they will move over the the new "Roles". The change sees Leading Firefighter becoming "Crew Manager" with 2 stripes on a yellow helmet, and Sub Officer becoming "Watch Manager" with 1 stripe on a white helmet with a black comb. For details of the change of insignia, see R2R.
8/2/07, Quick Thinking Lorry Driver Praised.
14/1/07, Sub Station Explosion, Redditch. See Also the Incidents page. Firefighters from Tenbury and Pershore were relief crews at this incident.
8/1/07, Rapier Arrives. The Dennis Rapier that we have been waiting for is due to go on the run at Tenbury on Wednesday. The appliance is to be bollarded out to accommodate the equipment on Wednesday morning, when it will go live. The appliance served at Upton before being moved to Tenbury. |
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Tenbury
Firefighters were out on the streets last Saturday (17th Nov),
collecting for the Warwickshire Firefighters Families Fund.