The parade at the start of each watch’s shift is a vital part of the firefighter’s day. We join the crew in Dublin Fire and Rescue’s Headquarters as they prepare for the day ahead, checking all their equipment thoroughly and making sure that everything is ready for when the next emergency call comes in. When a dangerous fire breaks out in an abandoned health centre in a Dublin suburb, it requires all of the firefighters’ training and preparation to contain the blaze. Across town, a serious collision between a car and a pedestrian leaves both parties requiring urgent medical attention, while in the city centre firefighters rush to the scene of a collision between a bus and a taxi, with several passengers requiring treatment for possible injuries. And the swift water response team launch an urgent search and rescue mission after the control room receives a call from someone who has spotted what looks like a person floating in the river
In the control room, the firefighters are busy taking all kinds of emergency calls from around the Dublin region. When Dublin Fire and Rescue’s advanced paramedics are sent to a Dublin hostel to try to revive a young man whose heart has stopped after a drug overdose, their training is key to his survival. Every second is crucial if he’s going to survive, and while the ambulance is on the way, the control room operator talks the emergency caller through CPR and operating the defibrillator. Another call comes in and several fire engines are dispatched to a well-known Dublin bar. A major fire is spreading across its roof and threatens to burn the whole building. On another watch across town, the firefighters are called into action when a chip pan fire goes out of control and engulfs an apartment. And an elderly man is treated by Dublin Fire and Rescue’s paramedics after a vicious assault.
A large fire breaks out in a network of abandoned storage containers and spreads rapidly from one to another. The firefighters are slowly but surely getting the fire under control, when the race to put it out suddenly takes on even greater urgency; there may be a person sleeping inside. A young man is arrested for his own safety and then rushed to hospital after overdosing on hallucinogenic drugs at a concert in Dublin’s city centre. Four men have to be cut out of their vehicle after a serious collision on the motorway And the paramedics rush to the scene of an accident on the quays. A cyclist has been knocked down and the firefighters need to be careful in case he has sustained any spinal injuries in the crash.
The firefighters’ swift water response team evacuate residents trapped in a flooded apartment complex after torrential rain in Dublin. There’s a race against time for firefighters trying to save an elderly woman who has gone into cardiac arrest Dublin Fire and Rescue battle a roaring fire which threatens to engulf a family home in a Dublin suburb. And across town, the firefighters respond to a blazing car which has been set on fire in a dangerous location on residential street.
A response unit races to the scene of a fire at an apartment complex, and discovers that some of the residents are still unaccounted for. Paramedics treat an elderly man who has been assaulted, and the highline rescue team is called in to assist a crane operator.
The team responds to a head-on collision in Dublin city centre that has derailed a tram. A blaze in a barn must be put out before it spreads to nearby stables, and a high-speed collision between two cars leaves a number of people injured. The firefighters also discuss what happens when a colleague dies.
The crew attends a serious road traffic collision and takes part in a training exercise involving helicopters and a passenger ferry, all in the run-up to Halloween.
A blaze breaks out in a terrace house and the team has to stop the flames engulfing the entire street.
A huge fire engulfs an auto-repair shop and it’s all hands on deck when the unusually hot weather causes dangerous wildfires to spread across Howth Head.
The firefighters respond to fires burning in multiple locations across the city, and the swift water rescue team are called in to action when a person is reported in the Royal Canal.
The firefighters search for the occupants in a burning family home, an elderly lady needs to be rescued after becoming trapped inside an overturned car, and Dublin Fire Brigade need all their experience and training to tackle a dangerous industrial fire
The driver of a car has to be rescued when their vehicle travels over an embankment at nightime, a fire in an underground car park endangers the inhabitants of an apartment block, and when a raging fire engulfs an historic building the firefighters swing into action to save it from the flames.
Dublin Fire Brigade perform a delicate operation with the army’s bomb disposal unit when a chemical in a school laboratory becomes dangerously unstable, a cyclist requires urgent medical attention after a road traffic accident, and a firefighter from Dublin travels to Belfast to compete in the World Police and Fire Games
Documentary following members of Dublin Fire Brigade based at stations across the city as they deal with emergencies including road-traffic accidents and blazing buildings.
Paramedics attend a road collision involving multiple casualties, a man and his grandson are rescued from their burning home, and firefighters tackle a blaze at an abandoned nursing home. Documentary following members of Dublin Fire Brigade.
Staff of Dublin Fire Brigade are called out to an old military building with a blaze spreading through its roof, while a caravan accompanying a travelling circus is also engulfed in flames. The workers also pay a special visit to an unwell child in the local community.
New recruits begins the training process to become firefighters, and a blaze at a warehouse in an industrial estate must be contained before it destroys the entire complex.
The 25 recruits face the most challenging part of their programme as they undertake day one of their breathing apparatus training.
Multiple crews are called out to an explosion on an unoccupied housing estate, and a group of firefighters travels to Niger to deliver some badly needed equipment.
It’s a race against time when a major house fire breaks out on the outskirts of Dublin. With the flames threatening to engulf neighbouring houses, the fire crews hit the ground running and need to make every second count.
Firefighters After six months the recruits are finally coming to the end of what has been a gruelling mental and physical challenge. This week they are called into action when a fire breaks out at a west Dublin industrial site, and it's another busy shift for the specially trained Advanced Paramedics.
The recruits have graduated after a six month training regime, but will they be up to the challenge of life in the field?