The majority of the Republic 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
I.M.P.A.C.T. The other main union is I.M.P.A.C.T.
who have a website at http://www.impact.ie