Full-time firefighting service removed from Ballincollig

Billy Crowley, union representative with Cork City Fire Brigade, also said there has been “a 25% reduction essentially in fire cover for Cork City”

The number of full-time on-duty firefighters in Cork City Fire Brigade has been reduced from 24 to 19. File photo: Niall Carson/PA

Ballincollig Fire Station has been closed as a full-time service by Cork City Council, reducing the number of firefighters on duty at any one time from 24 to 19.

The station became part of Cork City Fire Brigade in May 2019, as part of the city boundary extension. The facility traditionally operated as a retained fire station, where retained firefighters worked part-time, were drawn from the immediate local community, and were paid only when they responded to an emergency call.