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Wicklow Fire service and Floods

  • 22-08-2008 10:03pm
    #1
    wicklaman83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭


    Extract from local paper

    "Wicklow is the only County in Ireland that refuses to dispatch Fire Brigades to floods. In light of the recent history of this service and its problems in Bray you would think that the powers that be would put their budgetary problems aside and assist the taxpayers that fund this service. Dublin Fire Brigade provides a call-out service to Wicklow Fire Service from Tara St. in Dublin.
    The operators of this service informed our residents that they received 250 calls from Wicklow Residents to deal with flooding. They were unable to dispatch any Wicklow based brigades because of restrictions imposed by the Chief Fire Officer of Co. Wicklow. They were also unable to give an emergency number for WCC."


    What are your thoughts on this.is this the norm in other counties


Comments

  • #2
    TheNog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭TheNog


    I wonder what was the reason for not sending out any of the engines? It could be that there is little the wicklow fb could do in a flood same as all other county fbs except where there is a threat to life. Last Saturday our patrol car was grounded except for real emergency calls only due to the amount of flooded roads.


  • #3
    Fyr.Fytr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,531 ✭✭✭Fyr.Fytr


    CFO's saving money simple as, these are retained ff's so are only paid when the pager goes off, pager doesnt go off, council save money


  • #4
    wicklaman83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭wicklaman83


    Fyr.Fytr wrote: »
    CFO's saving money simple as, these are retained ff's so are only paid when the pager goes off, pager doesnt go off, council save money

    yeah just read on the mail on sunday they had got the money in the funds for the flood call outs


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