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DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE were able to rescue a man who fell into the water at the IFSC beside the Convention Centre early this morning.
The firefighters from B Watch in Tara Street Station – named as Rob Nulty and Stephen Breen – were able to rescue the man just as he went underwater.
Crews from North Strand, Phibsboro and Tara Street stations attended, but a Dublin Fire Brigade boat was unable to gain access.
It is believed the man was taken to the Mater Hospital, where he is in a stable condition and has been given antibiotics, but couldn’t remember how he ended up in the water.
Dublin Fire Brigade / TwitterLast night at a river rescue in the IFSC, 1 person was taken from the water. Have a plan for getting home if you're out tonight #DFB12Days pic.twitter.com/549MMtkeJ1
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) December 17, 2016
Nulty told TheJournal.ie that he and Breen arrived on scene with wetsuits on and had to act
You had to pull yourself over a pipe to get him and when I did, his head was going under but I saw his hand and grabbed him. I just had him above the water and Stephen was holding up aswell. The crew on the bank had to drag us along the bank to where there was a ladder, but he was a dead weight at that stage. The Phibsboro crew threw a sling down the ladder and we were able to get him up.
“When we took him out, he looked frozen still and had been underwater about a minute.”
Nulty, a nine-year fire brigade veteran says that the incident comes not long after he took a swift water rescue training course, but there was no hesitation on the part of him or his newly-qualified colleague Breen.
“I only did the water rescue course recently, so it was my first time doing this, but our station officer Colm Kershaw is a swift water rescue instructor and keeps our skills sharp.
“Myself and Stephen both said we weren’t nervous at all. It was surreal, we just went in and worked as a team. We couldn’t have done it without the rest of the crew.”
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I like seeing stories like this, about the unglamorous grunt work the emergency services do
I find it way more interesting than:
“Opposition spokesman called Taoiseach a bollox, Taoiseach denies the allegation, Dail suspended”
Amazing work that these lads will brush off as just another day. Just amazing.
@Deborah Behan:
Would you kick these lads out of bed for eating crisps?
Well done lads. True heroes. To save a life is a great feeling. Your training paid off in spades!
Fair play lads, you are a credit to this country.
Well done to these 2 Dublin Fire Brigade Scamps. Great save
We certainly owe the Fire Brigade service so much – They provide such a dedicated service and go about their work in an exemplary way – Well done !!!
Well done to all involved in the rescue.I’m astonished to hear no one died in from an alcohol related incident in Dublin last night.I was making my way through town at 4am this morning and it was like scene from the walking dead.I enjoy a drink but I have no idea why people think they have superhuman drinking powers at Christmas.
Brave men.Well done to all the team. Happy outcome this time.
Well done to all of you xxx
Heroes all!
Well done lads
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