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What's the ratio of engines to ladders over there in ireland.  For example fdny has around 200+ engines and 143 ladders.  Rough estimate is ok.  Thanks
 
truckman said:
What's the ratio of engines to ladders over there in ireland.  For example fdny has around 200+ engines and 143 ladders.  Rough estimate is ok.  Thanks
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Roughly truckman Ireland id say has 250-300 Engines and 30-35 Ladders. A lot of the ladders though are your equivalent of the "Quint" Engine / Ladder
 
Its nice to see pictures from the old country my mothers from Louth been there twice looking forward to going back I love it there. thanks for the site
 
Thanks IRISH  for the tip on this site - I'm a New Yorker but my late parents were both born in Cork so it has some additional relevance for me  ;)
 
Thanks guys for the Kind words. Myself, Pat & Bernie put alot of hard work into the site trying to update it on a daily basis as best we can. I updated this post nearly every 2 weeks for you guys on here so to keep ye up-to-speed.

Upcoming site visits coming soon will be hopefully: Cork Airport - County Wexford - County Offaly - County Limerick - County Kerry - Northern Ireland as well as regular updates from Counties Dublin, Cork, Louth and Clare
 
IRISH said:
truckman said:
What's the ratio of engines to ladders over there in ireland.  For example fdny has around 200+ engines and 143 ladders.  Rough estimate is ok.  Thanks
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Roughly truckman Ireland id say has 250-300 Engines and 30-35 Ladders. A lot of the ladders though are your equivalent of the "Quint" Engine / Ladder
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Just to put into perspective, it looks like the City of Dublin Fire Brigade has 14 Fire Stations with 20 Engines(Pumpers), 4 Ladders(Aerials/Aerial Platforms), 2 Rescues, 2 Tankers, 1 Incident Command Unit, 2 Foam Units, 1 Water Supply Unit, and numerous Ambulances and smaller units.

The City of Cork has 7 Engines(Pumpers), 3 Ladders(Aerials/Aerial Platforms), 3 Rescues, 1 Haz-Mat. Unit, 1 Tanker, and smaller units in 2 Fire Stations.

The City of Limerick has 4 Engines(Pumpers), 2 Ladders(Aerials/Aerial Platforms), 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, and smaller units in 1 Fire Station.

The City of Galway has 3 Engines(Pumpers), 1 Ladder(Aerial Platform), 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, 1 Haz-Mat. Unit, and several smaller units in 1 Fire Station.
 
fdny1075k said:
IRISH said:
truckman said:
What's the ratio of engines to ladders over there in ireland.  For example fdny has around 200+ engines and 143 ladders.  Rough estimate is ok.  Thanks
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Roughly truckman Ireland id say has 250-300 Engines and 30-35 Ladders. A lot of the ladders though are your equivalent of the "Quint" Engine / Ladder
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Just to put into perspective, it looks like the City of Dublin Fire Brigade has 14 Fire Stations with 20 Engines(Pumpers), 4 Ladders(Aerials/Aerial Platforms), 2 Rescues, 2 Tankers, 1 Incident Command Unit, 2 Foam Units, 1 Water Supply Unit, and numerous Ambulances and smaller units.

The City of Cork has 7 Engines(Pumpers), 3 Ladders(Aerials/Aerial Platforms), 3 Rescues, 1 Haz-Mat. Unit, 1 Tanker, and smaller units in 2 Fire Stations.

The City of Limerick has 4 Engines(Pumpers), 2 Ladders(Aerials/Aerial Platforms), 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, and smaller units in 1 Fire Station.

The City of Galway has 3 Engines(Pumpers), 1 Ladder(Aerial Platform), 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, 1 Haz-Mat. Unit, and several smaller units in 1 Fire Station.
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Dublin Fire Brigade has 14 stations > 2 of which are retained ie manned by Firefighters with pagers, 21 Engines > 2 of which are retained, 3 Ladders, 2 Rescues, 1Tanker, 1Hazmat, 1 ICU, 1 Foam, 1 Water Supply Unit (Soon to be rebuilt as a reserve Tunnel Response Vehicle) & 12 Ambulances on frontline duty

Cork City has 2 stations, 8 Engines ( 1 of which would be in your terms a quint), 3 Ladders ( Again 1 of which would be in your terms a quint), 2 Rescues (now down to 1 as 1 was damaged the other night at a road crash) and Galway & Limerick are as you have them

 
The City of Galway has 3 Engines(Pumpers), 1 Ladder(Aerial Platform), 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, 1 Haz-Mat. Unit, and several smaller units in 1 Fire Station.
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I had the good fortune to visit with the brothers in Galway city and few years back. Galway is very congested and at times has a huge traffic problem. The officer that I spoke with stated his next closest station was 20 miles away across town. A whole new meaning to getting in and getting it done!
 
CFDMarshal said:
The City of Galway has 3 Engines(Pumpers), 1 Ladder(Aerial Platform), 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, 1 Haz-Mat. Unit, and several smaller units in 1 Fire Station.
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I had the good fortune to visit with the brothers in Galway city and few years back. Galway is very congested and at times has a huge traffic problem. The officer that I spoke with stated his next closest station was 20 miles away across town. A whole new meaning to getting in and getting it done!
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Yea CFD i have a map on the Galway page of every station in Galway County. Plus they would be on pagers so add nearly another 5mins before they are mobile to a scene.
 
Hi, Irish: Making a quick trip to Ireland in November.  Flying over 11/7 arriving 11/8. Will be in Dublin, Kilkenney, and Killarney, flying home 11/12.  Hope to visit some of the fire stations on your fantastic site, buy T-shirts, etc.
 
Enjoyed viewing the website, great job on putting it together. I notice that the size of the apparatus is much more reasonable then their American counterparts.  In the US, apparatus keeps getting bigger, and more cumbersome, with too many bells and whistles.  Oh, and spinning lights on the front. Not a fan at all of these!
 
First of all guys Thanks very much for all the kind words on the site. Myself and Pat put alot of work into keeping it fresh and up-to-date, so to hear and see the kind words makes it all worth while.

Firstly John ill be in touch via PM on this Re your visit.

fltpara16. Yea our apparatuses can be pretty compact compared to their American counterparts. Alot of the roads especially outside the cities are very narrow so really smaller the better. Although you do have to get the balance right in terms of making sure you apparatuses has every bit of equipment you need. Even down to our TL trucks over here we prefer to took the bucket into the apparatuses instead of letting it hang off

The joke always this side of the pond is in the US everything is BIGGER

Site UPDATED today again guys http://www.fire-ireland.com

 
Like fltpara16, I enjoy the site . . . it's nice to see what firefighters around the world have to work with.

UNLIKE fltpara16, I'm a real fan of the Buckeye Roto-Ray, which has been part of the fire service for coming up on 100 years (see the photo below).  In my opinion, those lights are one of the things that really identify a vehicle as a piece of fire apparatus . . . as much as hose or ladders.

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raybrag:  I was only picking on the roto-ray, I too think they are a big part of our American Fire Service culture.  Several of the Engines I have served on over the years have or had roto-rays.  One night we were responding to a call on Interstate 95 when the three light head separated from the shaft.  The whole light assembly spun away from the apparatus and was last seen flying into the woods, never to be found.  One less roto-ray! My big complaint is we have outstanding warning equipment on an apparatus with only three personnel responding to jobs.  It would be nice to fill at least one more of the empty seats on the companies!

Fire Ireland:  what is the minimum manning on your engines and aerial apparatus?
 
fltpara16 said:
raybrag:  I was only picking on the roto-ray, I too think they are a big part of our American Fire Service culture.  Several of the Engines I have served on over the years have or had roto-rays.  One night we were responding to a call on Interstate 95 when the three light head separated from the shaft.  The whole light assembly spun away from the apparatus and was last seen flying into the woods, never to be found.  One less roto-ray! My big complaint is we have outstanding warning equipment on an apparatus with only three personnel responding to jobs.  It would be nice to fill at least one more of the empty seats on the companies!

Fire Ireland:  what is the minimum manning on your engines and aerial apparatus?

Engines are 5 man. Aerial's are 2 man
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A Boston Mick living in Ciicago you preserve the Gaelltic tradition. My grandfather has told me of signs saying Help Wanted, Irish and N*****S need not apply. One of the best FD's is Boston, I guess the "Mick's" feel vindicated.
 
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