Firefighters in TV spotlight

Two firefighters from Shropshire are set to become stars of the small screen after their watch was chosen by TV bosses to feature in an ITV documentary.Front Line Fire and Rescue, which starts on Thursday on ITV1, follows the work of Green Watch at Wrexham, a firefighting team that includes Ade Jones, from Whittington, and Oliver Jasper, from Weston Rhyn, near Oswestry.

The full-time firefighters have been filmed over the last few months for the documentary series which illustrates the challenges faced by firefighters every day from incidents to community fire safety work.

The documentary also features numerous North Wales Fire and Rescue Service community-led initiatives such as Pass Plus Cymru and the Phoenix course.

The programme also features interviews with the chief fire officer and other key members of the service about how they are looking to tackle fire deaths and injuries in coming years.

The programme will also focus on staff from Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service.

Stuart Millington, watch manager, Green Watch, Wrexham, said: "The whole watch was followed by cameras over a number of months, during both day and night shifts."

Mr Millington added: "We are looking forward to seeing the end product and showing the viewers just how diverse the role of the modern firefighter has now become - a high percentage of our work is now involving preventing fires from occurring in the first place."

The first episode of the documentary will be shown on ITV1 at 10:30pm on Thursday.