Location of NIFB districts

The Northern Ireland Fire Brigade (NIFB) are the official fire fighters for Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. The NIFB are under command and owned by the The Fire Authority for Northern Ireland (FANI). The NIFB is a progressive workforce of around 2000 people.^[1] Location of NIFB districts The Northern Ireland Fire Brigade (NIFB) are the official fire fighters for Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. ... It has been suggested that Firefighter Assist and Search Team be merged into this article or section. ... Motto: (French for God and my right)2 Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (De facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (De facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Office suspended...

There are a total of sixty eight stations in the country, eight of which are full-time, six are full-time with part-time backups, fifty two stations are part time and one is voluntary. The training centre is located in Boucher, Belfast. Each crewmember is trained to deal with everything from house fires, forest fires, to traffic collisions, building collapses, and specialist rescues. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ...

As with other brigades in the UK, the Northern Ireland Fire Brigade has been the target of frequent attacks while attending incidents. Typically this involves young people throwing stones.^[2] The brigade lost several fireman during the Troubles, inluding one shot while tackling a blaze during the loyalist strike of 1973.^[3] The Troubles is a generic and euphemistic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s with the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998. ... The term Ulster Loyalist is used to describe militant unionists from Northern Ireland. ...

Statistics

In 2003/04 the NIFB received; 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 58,834 emergency calls,
• 36,403 emergency incidents,
• 6,017 deliberate false calls, [2]
• 14,719 fire safety inspections,
• 398 people were rescued from RTA's (73 people of which perished),
• 99% of people suerveyed were pleased with the NIFB service.

The result of excessive speed, this cement truck rolls over into the front garden of a house. ...

See also

• Fire brigades in the United Kingdom
• Firefighters
• List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland

Fire brigades in the United Kingdom are organised on a territorial basis. ... Firefighter with an axe A firefighter, sometimes still called a fireman though women have increasingly joined firefighting units, is a person who is trained and equipped to put out fires, rescue people and in some areas provide emergency medical services. ... List of Government departments and agencies in Northern Ireland This article is a list of Northern Ireland government Departments and their Agencies and other related organisations (listed underneath each Department) (at September 2006): // Government departments and agencies These Departments are subject to the Northern Ireland Assembly, when it is in...

References

External links

• NIFB official homepage

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