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The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) 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. [1]
The Belfast Fire Brigade came into existence in 1800, and until 1861 was managed jointly with the local police service. It then provided a dedicated firefighting service to the people of the city of Belfast until its amalgamation with the Northern Ireland Fire Authority on 1 October 1973, when it became the Fire Authority for Northern Ireland, today the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service ...
1950: When the National Fire Service Northern Ireland was disbanded, three fire authorities took control of firefighting but were unified as the Northern Ireland Fire Authority in 1950. [20] The Fire Services (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 became primary legislation in the same year.
Fire and rescue crews in Northern Ireland recieved a total of 203 emergency calls on the first night of celebrations for the Twelfth of July. As hundreds of bonfires were lit across loyalist areas ...
A fire at the old police station on Edward Street in Portadown was started deliberately, police have said. Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) crews responded to a report of a blaze ...
More than 230 Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland between Friday and Sunday nights. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
1.43.1 Northern Ireland. 1.44 United States. 1.44.1 By state. ... A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a ...
As in Great Britain, there were numerous local authority fire brigades in Northern Ireland until the Second World War. On 1 March 1942 all brigades were nationalised by the Fire Services (Emergency Provisions) (NI) Act 1942 as the National Fire Service (Northern Ireland). On 1 January 1948, the Fire Services Act (Northern Ireland) 1947 came ...