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): 01/02Water Tender (WrT): 024 x 4 Rescue pump (ATV); 02Water Tender/Foam Tender (WrT/FoT): 06Rescue Pump (RP): 71Water Tender/Operational Support Unit (WrT/OSU): 79Water Carrier (WrC): 73Rescue Tender (RT): 04Aerial Ladder Platform (ALP): 05 or 07Prime Mover + High Volume Pump (PM+HVP): 60Operational Support Unit (OSU): 72/74Light 4x4 Vehicle + Inshore Rescue Boat (L4V+IrbT): 76Command Support Unit (CSU): 78Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): 76Marine Response Vehicle (MRV): 96Water Rescue Unit (MRU): 96Fire & Emergency Support Unit (FESU) FESS 1/ FESS 2/ FESS 3Prime Mover (PM): 51/60/62Pods:
Foam Carrier (FoC)Marine Response Unit (MRU)Welfare Unit (WelfU)
Specialist Rescue Unit (SRT)/Urban Search & Rescue (USAR):
Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV): RT60Specialist Rescue Pump (SRP): RT190Specialist Equipment Unit (SEU): RT196Light 4x4 Vehicle (L4V): RT197Search & Rescue Dog Unit (SDU)Prime Mover (PM): RT191/RT192/RT193Pods:
Module 1 - Technical Search EquipmentModule 2 - Heavy Transport, Confined Space & Hot CuttingModule 3 - Breaching & Breaking EquipmentModule 4 - Multi Purpose VehicleModule 5 - Shoring Operations
CBRN Responss:
Detection, Identification & Monitoring (DIM)Prime Mover + Mass Decontamination Disrobe (PM+MDD): 60/62In 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) fires4,864 secondary fires7,641 False Alarm due to Apparatus2,091 False Alarm with Good Intent442 False Alarm Malicious1,225 Chimney Fire912 Other Mobilised Calls2,468 Special Service CallThis 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)
