Irish Fire Services Resource Home Page

Now www.irishfireservices.ie
Welcome to the Irish Fire Services Resource.ie! This is a site aimed at highlighting the work of Irish Fire services personnel and providing information for their benefit and those interested in their work. Please note this site is not affiliated to any brigade or organisation.
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	Information on a career in the fire service, recruitment, transferring to Ireland or within Ireland etc is on both the employment page and on the recruitment section of the forum. Employment pages >>> Please note l do not know when any brigade is recruiting so please do not e-mail me asking. Look at the recruitment section of the forum for more information.
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	View discussions about firefighting in Ireland or register free and join in if you have something to say. View the forums >>>>
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	Visit the Dublin Fire Brigade pages and learn everything about the service from firefighting operations, to the busiest emergency ambulance in Ireland to the control room currently responsible for mobilizing fire appliances in five counties. Go to their pages >>>
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NEW ONLINE FIRE RELATED BOOKSTORE ADDED TO THE SITE
	In Association with Amazon Uk l have launched an online bookstore for anything related to the field of firefighting, EMS and emergencies etc. The site store has technical manuals, history, fiction, childrens books and more will be added soon. All purchases are done through Amazon so your money is secure. Spend now while ya still have it! Shop Now >>>>
Dublin Fire Brigade Union S.I.P.T.U.
	The majority of Irelands firefighters are in SIPTU, Irelands largest trade union. In Dublin Fire Brigade, there are in excess of 800 members. The Dublin Fire Brigade operates a fire rescue and emergency ambulance service to the citizens of Dublin (City and County). All firefighters are dual role cross trained, in that, they are qualified firefighter/paramedics. The Dublin Fire Brigade Section Committee of SIPTU is made up of representatives from all of Dublin’s full time fire stations. All DFB SIPTU members can visit the site and obtain a password and username and log in to access documents such as minutes of meetings etc. Visit the site at http://www.siptudublinfirebrigade.ie
SMOKE BURNS BOOK OUT NOW!
	JOHN TAYLOR has been a fire-fighter since 1977, having served in Greater Manchester and North Yorkshire he recently retired in 2004.John has been involved in fire development research since an educational visit to Sweden in 1990 and was awarded ‘A European Fire Engineering Diploma’ in 1991 by the Institution of Fire Engineers for his research paper on ‘Flashover Training’. Would you walk into a building full of smoke without a charged hose. Do you feel safe in a room full of cold grey smoke with no ignition source obvious.? Would you open the door to the fire room or vent the outside room / corridor first? What is flashover? Is there more than one type? M.I.T.C.H.? Visit his site to buy the book and learn how to protect your life! www.smokeburns.com
IRISH FIRE SERVICES ITEMS ON YOUTUBE.COM
	As you all are aware of YouTube.com and similar services l won't explain them here. However just to say thanks to those in the forums posting message to interesting Irish Related ones on the web including youtube such as the 10 minute short film on Critical incident stress in the Dublin Fire Brigade. A very interesting media project well crafted by the School of Media in the Dublin Institue of Technology. l hope to host this film shortly in a Hi res format as well as start to offer other educational fire related short clips.
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Did you know that the Fire Services Council has published 3 training Handbooks for firefighters and officers in Ireland? The handbooks are: Firefighters handbook 276 pages, PDF Junior Officers Handbook 237 pages, PDF Senior Officers Handbook, PDF Draft Road Traffic Accidents Handbook (Feb 08) (pdf, 7,199 kb)