Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
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| Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service | |
 Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service area |
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| Coverage | |
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| Area | Northern Ireland. |
| Size | 13,843 km² |
| Population | 1,710,300 |
| Operations | |
| HQ | Lisburn |
| Staff | 2000 |
| Stations | 67 |
| Website | Official Site |
| Fire Authority | The Fire and Rescue Services Board |
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) is the statutory fire and rescue service for Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The NIFRS is under command and owned by the The Fire and Rescue Services Board. The NIFRS has a workforce of around 2000 people.[1]
There are a total of sixty seven stations in the country, eight of which are full-time, six are full-time with part-time backups, fifty two stations are part time and one is voluntary. The training centre is located in Boucher, Belfast. Each firefighter is trained to deal with everything from house fires, forest fires, to traffic collisions, building collapses, and specialist rescues.
As with other brigades in the UK, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has been the target of frequent attacks while attending incidents. Typically this involves young people throwing stones.[2] The brigade lost several fireman during the Troubles, including one shot while tackling a blaze during the loyalist strike of 1973.[3]
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[edit] Statistics
- 58,834 emergency calls,
- 36,403 emergency incidents,
- 6,017 deliberate false calls, [2]
- 14,719 fire safety inspections,
- 398 people were rescued from RTAs (73 people of which perished),
- 99% of people surveyed were pleased with the NIFRS service.
[edit] See also
- Fire service in the United Kingdom
- Firefighters
- List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland
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[edit] External links
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