Operational area | |
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Country | UK |
Region | Northern Ireland |
Agency overview | |
Established | 1 July 2006 |
Annual calls | 33,992 (2014/2015) |
Employees | 2,230 |
Chief Fire Officer | Dale Ashford |
Facilities and equipment | |
Divisions | 4 |
Stations | 68 |
Website | |
Official website |
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) (formerly Northern Ireland Fire Brigade) is the statutory fire and rescue service for Northern Ireland. The NIFRS is overseen by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board, which in turn is subordinate to the Department of Health. NIFRS has a workforce of around 2,230 personnel.
NIFRS serves the entire population of Northern Ireland, an area of over 5,500 square miles (14,000 km2) with a population of 1.71 million people.
Pods:
Specialist Rescue Unit (SRT)/Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):
Pods:
CBRN Responss:
In 2014/15, NIFRS received 22,781 emergency calls, of which it mobilised to 22,781. The breakdown of these mobilised calls were:
This included; (693, Road Traffic Collison) (172, Rescue or release of people) (140, Lift Incident) (233, Make Incident Safe (e.g. gas leak)) (177, Animal Rescue) (167, Chemical Incident) (212, Effecting Entry Incident) (91, Flooding) (583, Other)