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DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE (DFB) has said that it is ready to deploy drones if any buildings catch fire due to Halloween bonfires.
It said that there has been an increased number of bonfires being lit and prepared ahead of the Halloween bank holiday weekend.
A spokesperson for DFB told TheJournal.ie that it will be “using drones extensively in the run up to Halloween with the increased number of larger fires we will be attending”.
They added: “At the moment, there are no plans to use them specifically for bonfires on Halloween night.
If a building caught fire from a bonfire, the FLIR equipped drone would likely be used. We will have three IAA qualified drone pilots on duty on Halloween night.
DFB has also said it will use a live feed showing bonfire and other related incidents on the night, similar to how it did for Storm Ophelia.
Dublin City Council has asked members of the public to report the stockpiling of bonfire materials ahead of Halloween.
Simon Brock, of Dublin City Council’s Waste Management Services, said: “We are asking you to report incidents of stockpiling of bonfire material to us as soon as possible so we can remove the material and avoid the risk of serious injury and damage to our environment over the Halloween period.”
The council said it removed in excess of 420 tonnes of bonfire materials during the Halloween period last year, after receiving 280 reports from the public of stockpiling taking place.
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Why are sum people and sum areas allowed cause havock on holloween while the majority of the country’s towns are dead on New Years Eve never mind Halloween.
@Jay Lane: the world loves maths’ geeks.
@john Appleseed: If a train leaves the station at 9.30……
@john Appleseed: and spelling geeks.
An old Irish tradition bites the dust.
What are the facts? There are always claims of potential damage very few facts. We always had bonfires they are not as dangerous as made out.
Safety police should be encouraging safe bonfires not blanket ban! Ignorance prevails thanks to over zealous do_ gooders
@Aidan Conway: An old irish tradition, Aiden. Not where I come from and I’m an Irish grandfather.
@Aidan Conway: this may come as a surprise to you but large fires are dangerous.
@Aidan Conway: a Dublin tradition really and only parts of Dublin at that
@Dave O’Hanlon: generally areas that have little respect for their areas and other people living in the area .
@Aidan Conway: Tradition my arse. A factory burned to the ground in Drogheda three years ago by little tykes gathering bonfire material. Animals terrified by fireworks in the weeks before and after Halloween by people who do not have to get up early every day. A&E Departments full to bursting with idiots with burns and other injuries. It’s like bare knuckle boxing, a stupid activity for people with too much time on their hands !
More big brother, nanny police state trying to control the poorest areas of the country while they let white collar bankers off.
@Jay Lane: you are the one who brought up about the poorest areas .. it’s about safety .nothing else !
@Jay Lane: yeah those bloody bankers ruining our Halloween.
@Jay Lane: Where is the banker’s bonfire.
@James Darby: We be paying for their bonfire for decades to come if not centuries
@john Appleseed: They’ve ruined all our futures and our still getting away with the interest scandal
@Jay Lane: that may be true……but it has absolutely nothing to do with fireworks. Kudos for maintaining your focus
An opportunity for the responsible adults to get rid of that sofa or bed thats been sitting in the back yard for the last year.
@Dáithí Ó Raghallaigh: Worst pollutants than that, did you see http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/explosive-experts-called-sellafield-nuclear-reprocessing-plant-cumbria-england-a8012381.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4734883/emergency-sellafield-nuclear-power-leak/
A vacant warehouse( site potential) and lack of housing, the mind boggles!
A lot of the Halloween bonfires are taken over by the less intelligent that ruin it for everyone else and they let them get out of control that do affect the areas around. I pity the fire brigade for all the shit that they have to put up with on that night.
What kind of drones do they use, anyone know?
@mcgoo: flying ones
@Life in no motion: expected that kind of answer tbh, just had a technical interest in the type of equipment they use
I might buy some rockets this year and try and take one of these bad boys out
@Billy Nomates: I’d say that’ll be this year’s prime Halloween event, drone pigeon shooting with cardboard rockets. They’re will be many claims, but I doubt they’ll actually get one.
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