Lives of firefighters ‘at risk’ under new plan

A fire chief in Clare has rejected claims by fire brigade unions that a new plan for the service will put the lives of firefighters and the public at risk.

Councillors backed the Fire and Emergency Operations Plan 2014-2019 at their meeting in Kilkee without debate.

However, in a statement, Siptu referred to “the extreme safety risk that arises from the proposition to now send only four crew on a fire appliance where the national and international best practice is six”.