On a cold December day, C Watch in Phibsboro show Adam Hyland around. The day was dull when I went to visit Phibsboro Fire Station recently, but the same could not be said of life for...
Firecall official magazine of Dublin Fire, Ambulance, and Emergency Services

The Covid Challenge
The DFB is providing its usual excellent service in a very unusual time, writes Adam Hyland. The citizens of our city know how...
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Taking on the Welsh
A combined Irish Fire Services team played a strong Welsh Fire Service team in February, writes Keith Mason. On 7 February, a...
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From Within the Circle
While COVID-19 has put paid to plans, DFB Pipe Band members have been active, and the Band will see many new faces in action...
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Making Waves
FF/Ps Rachael Lee and Tom Healy were part of a three-person team to make Guinness World Record swim of the North Channel. Having...
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Retired member profile: Adrian “Aido” Sutton
Adam Hyland talks to retired D/O and Fire Prevention Chief Adrian Sutton about his life in the DFB. Anyone watching TV or taking...
Read MoreSimulated terror attack exercise
The DFB took part in a major simulated terror attack and mass casualty training exercise at DCU on November 16. The inter-agency training exercise, Operation Barracuda, was led by An...
Testing skills: Mass casualty training
Firecall looks back on a Dublin Fire Brigade mass casualty training exercise held last July, with trainee paramedics responding to a simulated large-scale terrorist attack in...
Syria to Swords
Above: Joanne Doyle with crew members in Swords. Defence Forces NCO Joanne Doyle spent a year working with Dublin Fire Brigade as part of her postgraduate advanced paramedic...
High standards in safety
Above: DFB’s management team with the certificate. Third Officer John Guilfoyle outlines the process by which Dublin Fire Brigade was granted certification to OHSAS 18001:2007 by...
A tall order
Above: D/O John Rush Conor Forrest caught up with D/O John Rush to discover more about the brigade’s new hydraulic platform. Firefighting rescues and operations involving tall or...
Retired member profile: Rory Mooney
Above: Marion and Rory. Conor Forrest sat down with retired firefighter Rory Mooney, who spoke about his career with the brigade and his voluntary work with orphaned children affected by...
The future is electric
With the number of electric vehicles set to increase on Irish roads in the coming years, Dublin Fire Brigade is training recruits to deal with potential incidents, writes Conor...
On parade
We look back at the annual FESSEF parade in Dublin city last September. The annual Frontline and Emergency and Security Services Éire Forum (FESSEF) parade took to Dublin city’s streets...
Track success
Above: Eithne with some of the other Irish athletes. Among the thousands of competitors at the 2017 World Police & Fire Games was Dublin Fire Brigade’s Eithne Scully. The World...