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Electric Blankets - Sleeping with danger|

Electric Blankets - Sleeping with danger

Sleeping With Danger

As the nights draw in and the temperatures drop, will you be sleeping with danger?

|The annual electric blanket campaign has now started and will continue throughout September. Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, Staffordshire County Council and Stoke-on-Trent City Council will again be testing electric blankets free of charge at venues across the County. A massive 50% of electric blankets were found to be unsafe last year!

Any electric blankets that fail the testing will not be handed back, but those aged over 60 and living in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire will be offered a brand new single or double under blanket as a replacement - read more... |
Wed Aug 20 Firefighters Presented with Painting|
Firefighters at Chase Terrace have been presented with a water colour painting by a local artist.
|Wed Aug 20 Car Crash on M54|
Crews were called to a road traffic collision at 11:25am this morning on the M54 westbound.
|Tue Aug 19 Alton Bus Crash|
Shortly before 6pm yesterday evening (Monday 18 August) a coach was travelling from Alton Towers towards Alton village along Station Road. It collided with two stationary vehicles, went through a brick wall and then dropped 10 to 15 feet down an embankment, landing on its side, in the garden of a nearby house.
|Mon Aug 18 Lichfield Firefighters in British Extrication Challenge!|
Firefighters from Lichfield will be representing Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service in the British Extrication Challenge!
|Mon Aug 18 Former Student Firefighter Rewarded!|
A former student firefighter from Rugeley is to be rewarded for her continuing work with Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service.
|Fri Aug 15 Midsummer Mayhem in the Park!|
Midsummer Mayhem was had at Lyme Valley Recreation Park yesterday!
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