Firefighters

The parade at the start of each watch’s shift is a vital part of the firefighter’s day. We join the crew in Dublin Fire and Rescue’s Headquarters as they prepare for the day ahead, checking all their equipment thoroughly and making sure that everything is ready for when the next emergency call comes in.

In the control room, the firefighters are busy taking all kinds of emergency calls from around the Dublin region.

A large fire breaks out in a network of abandoned storage containers and spreads rapidly from one container to the next. The firefighters are slowly but surely getting the fire under control, when the race to put it out suddenly takes on even greater urgency; there may be a person sleeping inside.

The swift water response team evacuate residents trapped in a flooded apartment complex after torrential rain in Dublin.

Firefighters rush to the scene of a major crash in the city centre where a head-on collision with a truck has derailed a Luas tram.

In the dead of night a fire breaks out in a stable on the outskirts of Dublin...

A marine rescue exercise in the Irish sea: the swift water rescue team are called into action to rescue two people from the river Liffey.

Firefighters tackle a large blaze in a Dublin suburb that threatens to spread to other houses along the street.