Firefighters average 14 minutes to reach incident in Co Cork

The average response time for firemen to reach a fire in Co Cork is 14 minutes and five seconds, according to a report released by Cork County Council.

Firefighters average 14 minutes to reach incident in Co Cork

The local authority, which is responsible for running the emergency service, said its part-time firefighters take on average five minutes and 36 seconds to get to their base before taking out their tenders.

The statistics are based on a recent survey of 195 fire-fighting operations, and of those, 43.6% were attended within less than 10 minutes.

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