DFB IN BRIEF

A recap of Dublin Fire Brigade news and events over the past few weeks and months.

ABOVE: Working through a blizzard in January. BELOW: Conducting a training session using a water rescue sled in the canal around Portobello in February.

ABOVE: It is with deep sadness that we learned of the death of retired Firefighter Noel Monaghan in February. Noel was a stalwart of C Watch and served between 1971 and 2009. Our thoughts are with his family, particularly his sons Ken and Trevor, both serving members. RIGHT: Station Officer Dave Connolly joined with other frontline workers (and other DFB members) to take part in the Late Late. ABOVE: Happy to share this image posted by Northants Fire and Rescue of an unusual rescue. RIGHT: Decontamination of our ambulances continues.

LEFT: Snow came in January to present postcard pictures like this one from Kilbarrack station. BELOW: Three fire appliances and around 15 Firefighters extinguished a fire in a derelict building on Coolock Lane in Santry in March. LEFT: A Tallaght crew after doing a traditional ‘rescuing a cat from a tree’ call out in March. BELOW: Using our new fibrelight ladder to get to a person in the Liffey near Heuston Station in February

ABOVE: On-station training with our Hydraulic Platform in Dun Laoghaire in January. BELOW: With sadness, we learned of the death of retired D Watch HQ firefighter Paul Carey at the start of March. Paul joined DFB with the class of 1975 and retired in 2002.

LEFT: An ad filmed late last year for the Road Safety Authority with Antidote Films and BBDO Dublin was aired on TV and social media in March. BELOW: On the first day of the year, recruit firefighter Paul Curry saw his first domestic fire.

ABOVE: With great sadness we learned of the death of retired D/O George O’Rourke in March, who joined DFB in 1994 during the amalgamation with Dun Laoghaire. Our thoughts are with his family and friends, particularly his son John who is a serving member. RIGHT: Firefighter / Advanced Paramedics from Dolphin’s Barn and Blanchardstown use a Sked rescue stretcher to rescue a person from difficult terrain in February.

RIGHT: C Watch HQ use their training to pitch a 10.5 metre ladder in the confined space of a laneway during a fire alarm investigation in the city centre in March. BELOW: The fire at an industrial premises in Kylemore in January that saw 8 units attend.

RIGHT: Firefighter Paramedics from Phibsborough and an Advanced Paramedic vehicle attended a person with an impalement injury in the Phoenix Park over the last weekend in February. BELOW: Attending a mobile home fire in Ballymun in January.

LEFT: Sadly we learned of the passing of Noel “Octo” Kelly in March. The Dolphin’s Barn firefighter trained in 1974 and retired in 2002, and was well known on the national cycling circuit. BELOW: Dolphin’s Barn firefighters attending a well alight vehicle fire in February. ABOVE: We teamed up with An Garda to develop a papercraft gift pack for patients of Children’s Health Ireland, delivered on St Patrick’s Day to children at Crumlin, Tallaght and Temple Street hospitals. LEFT: It is with profound sadness that we learned of the death of retired Station Officer Frank Nugent at the end of March. Our thoughts are with his wife, family and particularly his sons Colm and Ian, both serving members.

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LEFT: In March, fi refi ghters received upskilling in the use of abrasive wheels with new consaw blades and smaller battery powered grinders to be carried on our appliances. For being a star student, Firefi ghter Green was presented with the top of the class prize: A Starbar! RIGHT: We’d like to extend our condolences to the family and friends of retired Station O cer John Grogan who passed away in January after a prolonged illness. John retired from Rathfarnham Fire Station in 1992 following a 28-year career. ABOVE: We were delighted to discover this 1:87 scale model of our old Tara Street headquarters meticulously created out of card and printed paper by John Whelan referencing the original plans for the building sourced from the National Library. BELOW: Dolphin’s Barn D Watch got an unexpected visitor in January when an injured swan dropped in

LEFT: Kilbarrack’s new recruit attends his fi rst car fi re in February. RIGHT: Rescue crane training at Finglas fi re station in March RIGHT: We extend our condolences to the family and friends of retired Firefi ghter Leslie Naghten who passed away in January. Leslie was a Firefi ghter in Dolphin’s Barn Fire Station, where his brother Alan was also stationed.

LEFT: Firefi ghters from 5 units deal with cars alight in a scrap yard on the Greenhills Road at the end of March. RIGHT: Phibsboro B watch maintaining their hi-line skills in February. BELOW: It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of retired Firefi ghter/Paramedic Frank ‘Majestic’ O’Kee e in January. A member of the class of ‘86, Frank retired in 2018.