Fireman Critical after Newbridge Incident

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http://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/Fireman-critical-after-Newbridge-incident.5357488.jp

Fireman critical after Newbridge incident
Published Date: 11 June 2009

A FIREMAN was critically injured while attending a chimney fire at a housing estate in Newbridge yesterday evening (Wednesday).
The firefighter fell off the roof of the house while trying to put out the chimney fire, and sustained serious injuries.

He was taken to Naas hospital, where he is described as being in a critical condition.

The firefighter, in his 40s, is married with young children.

The incident occurred at approximately 5.30pm.

A spokesman from Kildare County Council said: "our thoughts are with
the fireman's friends and family".

An investigation into the accident will take place, and the spokesman said that all relevant health and safety authorities have been notified.

Celticfire

Hopefully He'll pull through.

seanybiker

crap. Hope he makes it.

Hooch

Terrible news, hope hes ok.

Mutz

Poor fella. My thoughts are with him and his family.

pmg58

Poor guy, hope he makes it through it.

ivabiggon

hope he's ok,
what the hell was he doing on the roof for a chimney fire, and did he not have a safety harness on?:mad:

Paulzx

All them questions will be answered i'm sure by the Health and Safety investigation.

Best wishes to him and his family

closecall

ivabiggon wrote: »

hope he's ok,
what the hell was he doing on the roof for a chimney fire, and did he not have a safety harness on?:mad:

not trying to be smart here but i guess you dont deal with alot of chimney fires or you would know that going on the roof is a LAST option.

ivabiggon

I've PM'd you on this

pyro940

any up date? nothing in the press/media?

Paulzx

closecall wrote: »

not trying to be smart here but i guess you dont deal with alot of chimney fires or you would know that going on the roof is a LAST option.

I think thats sorta the point Ivabiggon was making if you read his post properly

closecall

Paulzx wrote: »

I think thats sorta the point Ivabiggon was making if you read his post properly

he asked
"what the hell was he doing on the roof for a chimney fire"
and i just said its a last option, so please tell me what point i missed here???

cheers

Paulzx

His post seems perfectly clear to me but your obviously reading something different in to it. You are perfectly correct that going onto a roof is the last thing you do to put out a chimney fire.

When he said " what the hell was he doing on the roof for a chimney fire" it seemed clear to me that he was saying why was he up there in the first place and had they tried chimney rods from the ground.

If you don't take the same meaning fair enough. i'm not an english teacher

Shield

Thanks for clearing that up Paulzx. Hopefully there is no more confusion and we can continue to keep our fingers crossed that the fireman in question will pull through.

Are there any updates on the condition of the man in question?

ivabiggon

that was my point exactly

wreckless

our stations thoughts are with him and his family.

to add to the chimney fire debate. we have equipment for attacking them from the fireplace, but there is times in older houses (and even new) sometimes when the fire just can be extinguished or cooled or the stirup pump/ brushes cant get to the fire, then attacking from the roof is an alternative option. we have even had on breathing apperatus sets a few times in the attic at chimney fires, and when u have a ba set on a chimney fire, you know its bad!!!

thers no such thing as simple call or "ah sure, its just a chimney fire".

get well soon

martinr5232

Any word on how this Fire Fighter is getting on ?