The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) (formerly Northern Ireland Fire Brigade) is the statutory fire and rescue service for Northern Ireland. The NIFRS is overseen by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board, which in turn is subordinate to the Department of Health. NIFRS has a workforce of around 2,230 personnel.
NIFRS serves the entire population of Northern Ireland, an area of over 5,500 square miles (14,000 km2) with a population of 1.71 million people.
Water Ladder (WrL): 01/02
Water Tender (WrT): 02
4 x 4 Rescue pump (ATV); 02
Water Tender/Foam Tender (WrT/FoT): 06
Rescue Pump (RP): 71
Water Tender/Operational Support Unit (WrT/OSU): 79
Water Carrier (WrC): 73
Rescue Tender (RT): 04
Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): 05 or 07
Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): 60
Operational Support Unit (OSU): 72/74
Light 4x4 Vehicle + Inshore Rescue Boat (L4V+IrbT): 76
Command Support Unit (CSU): 78
Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): 76
Marine Response Vehicle (MRV): 96
Water Rescue Unit (MRU): 96
Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU) FESS 1/ FESS 2/ FESS 3
Prime Mover (PM): 51/60/62
Pods:
Foam Carrier (FoC)
Marine Response Unit (MRU)
Welfare Unit (WelfU)
Specialist Rescue Unit (SRT)/Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):
Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV): RT60
Specialist Rescue Pump (SRP): RT190
Specialist Equipment Unit (SEU): RT196
Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): RT197
Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU)
Prime Mover (PM): RT191/RT192/RT193
Pods:
Module 1 - Technical Search Equipment
Module 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot Cutting
Module 3 - Breaching & Breaking Equipment
Module 4 - Multi Purpose Vehicle
Module 5 - Shoring Operations
CBRN Responss:
Detection, Identification & Monitoring (DIM)
Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): 60/62
In 2014/15, NIFRS received 33,992 emergency calls, of which it mobilised to 22,781. The breakdown of these mobilised calls were:
3,138 primary (major) fires
4,864 secondary fires
7,641 False Alarm due to Apparatus
2,091 False Alarm with Good Intent
442 False Alarm Malicious
1,225 Chimney Fire
912 Other Mobilised Calls
2,468 Special Service Call
This included; (693, Road Traffic Collison) (172, Rescue or release of people) (140, Lift Incident) (233, Make Incident Safe (e.g. gas leak)) (177, Animal Rescue) (167, Chemical Incident) (212, Effecting Entry Incident) (91, Flooding) (583, Other)
