What We Do

Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) provides a fully integrated fire, emergency ambulance and rescue service for the four Dublin local authorities: Dublin City, South Dublin, Fingal and Dún Laoghaire/Rathdown County Councils. To facilitate the provision of this service DFB employs approximately 1,000 personnel working in six districts with 12 full-time stations, two retained (part-time) stations, training centre, East Region Communications Centre, fire prevention, administration and workshops with a fleet of 115+ vehicles.

Dublin Fire Brigade provides a response to a diverse range of emergencies along with fighting fires and responding to emergency ambulance incidents and responds to incidents involving water rescue, high line rescue, road traffic collisions, flooding, chemical incidents and marine emergency response. DFB also provides fire prevention and community education and advice on fire safety in existing and new buildings.