DFB IN BRIEF
DFB IN BRIEF A recap of Dublin Fire Brigade news and events over the past few weeks and months.
LEFT:: Firefighters from LEFT Dolphin’s Barn fire station gaining access to a portacabin alight in Bluebell before extinguishing it. RIGHT:: Hosting the RIGHT launch of the RSA’s half-year report at HQ at the end of July.
RIGHT:: We said RIGHT goodbye to Assistant Chief Fire Officer John Moody after 38 years of service in August. John was instrumental in the development of our current Eastern Regional Control Centre and is retiring as the head of that centre. We would like to wish John a healthy retirement. LEFT:: After 33 years LEFT of service, we said goodbye to Firefighter/ Paramedic John Phelan, as he hangs up his boots and headset for the final time. John worked in Tallaght and HQ, with his final years in the Control Centre co-ordinating emergency resources.
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LEFT:: 8 units and 3 ambulances attended a multiLEFT unit residential fire at a high-rise building in Belgard in October, with 9 people rescued and no injuries. ABOVE:: Firefighters from HQ extinguishing a car ABOVE alight in a lane way off Erne Street at the start of August.
ABOVE:: In October we said ABOVE farewell to FF/P Greg Mahon, who joined DFB as a retained firefighter at Swords in 2005 before going full time in 2007
ABOVE:: Shaking buckets at the ABOVE Pavilions SC in Swords in October to raise funds for Ronald McDonald House ahead of the charity abseil later in the month. LEFT:: Taking advantage of the LEFT increased flow from heavy rain in August, student Swift Water Rescue Technicians undergo training at the Wren’s Nest part of the Liffey.
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