A Forgotten Calamity DFB historian Las Fallon talks to Adam Hyland about his new book on the Great Liberties Whiskey Fire of 1875. Among the strange and eye-opening stories that lie within Dublin Fire Brigade lore, the fire that threatened to...
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Station Profile C Watch Rathfarnham
The crew of C Watch Rathfarnham talk about a close-knit unit that extends into the community. Under lockdown, it was...
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Retired Member Profile James “Buzzer” Leigh
Adam Hyland talks to Buzzer about his career, retirement, and living life to the full. Retired Sub Officer James “Buzzer”...
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Operational Management
District Officer Mario Lodola talks to Adam Hyland to provide an insight into the role and responsibilities of the DFB...
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Stepping Up to the Challenge
FF/P Ray McMonagle talks to Adam Hyland about DFB involvement in the dance craze raising spirits during lockdown. One of the more...
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A Day of Remembrance
This year’s St Patrick’s Day remembrance of deceased DFB members was smaller but no less poignant. A modern tradition on St...
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Training in Lockdown
Class 1/2020 have just completed their training under the most unusual circumstances. Course Director Tom Doolan tells Adam...
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The DFBCC event for prostate cancer joins the Cycling Ireland calendar, writes Brendan Lodola. Dublin Fire Brigade Cycling Club has held a number of great events over the years, both at home and abroad. The new committee elected in June 2018...
The new CISM team continues to provide support to FF/Ps, writes Adam Hyland. “Our new team is the most diverse we have ever had,” says, S/O Adrian O’Grady, director of the CISM team in the Dublin Fire Brigade and steering committee member...
Dublin Fire Brigade Pipe Band Secretary John McNally recounts a memorable and poignant trip to Belgium in May. At the end of May 2019, the Dublin Fire Brigade Pipe Band travelled to Belgium for a series of engagements. Each travelling member...
The DFB’s 4th of July visit to Southampton, New York, was a huge success, writes Adam Hyland. The time finally came in July for the Dublin Fire Brigade to fly out to the Hamptons in New York to celebrate the 4th of July with their US...
The crew of C Watch in North Strand take time out to talk to Adam Hyland about the comings and goings at their station. There was a buzz around North Strand fire station when I went to visit C Watch on a sunny July day. Acting Assistant Chief...
Former FDNY firefighter Tiernach Cassidy talks to Adam Hyland about surviving 9/11, honouring his colleagues and sharing his experiences Most of us can recall where we were when the World Trade Center was attacked on September 11, 2001, but...
International station profile Battalion Leader and Chief of Emergency Medical Services Bill McGrath talks to Adam Hyland about life as a Firefighter/Paramedic in this small city in south Florida The St Patrick’s Day Parade...
International Profile Matt Shimkus of the Southampton Fire Department talks to Adam Hyland about life as a volunteer firefighter in this beautiful part of Long Island Last March, firefighters from the village of Southampton on New...
It is always the same story when a group of firefighters go on a cycling trip to Italy, so much to see and so little time to do everything, writes Brendan Lodola. It’s been two years now since my last article about our cycling trip to...