Cork fire brigade units ‘too slow’

Nearly a quarter of fire brigade units in Co Cork are slower to mobilise than the national average time of six minutes.

A five-year report, which focusses on improvements in the county-council-operated fire service showed that one of the county’s 21 stations was two minutes behind the national mobilisation average of six minutes.

The report, carried out by council officials, stated that, on average, it took the unit in Midleton 8.10 minutes to get its first tender out on an emergency call.