Firefighters

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.