{"id":5114,"date":"2021-07-12T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/?p=5114"},"modified":"2023-04-02T11:14:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T10:14:49","slug":"11-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nifrs.org\/11-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase in operational activity- 11 July 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) dealt with a significant increase in emergency calls and mobilisations to bonfire related incidents over the 9th<\/sup>, 10th<\/sup> and 11th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between 6pm and 2am over each of the nights the following activity was experienced:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the 3 nights this represents a significant increase in bonfire related incidents compared to 2020 (24 bonfire related incidents occurred from 6pm to 1am on 11\/12th<\/sup> night). <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Service was exceptionally busy on each of the 3 nights, with direct intervention required by NIFRS to protect properties from radiated heat, embers, etc. from the bonfires. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the increased demand of bonfire related incidents, NIFRS maintained emergency response cover across Northern Ireland through the use of contingency planning measures, enabling attendance to a range of operational incidents including property fires and other emergency incidents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n NIFRS can confirm there were no attacks on fire service personnel or appliances at any bonfire related incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NIFRS dealt with a significant increase in emergency calls and mobilisations to bonfire related incidents over the 9th, 10th and 11th July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
12 July 2021 \u2013 2 am<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nDate<\/strong><\/td> Total<\/strong> Calls<\/strong><\/td> Total Mobilisations<\/strong><\/td> Bonfire Related Mobilisations<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 9\/10th<\/sup> July<\/td> 54<\/td> 40<\/td> 7<\/td><\/tr> 10\/11th<\/sup> July<\/td> 171<\/td> 99<\/td> 34<\/td><\/tr> 11\/12th<\/sup> July<\/td> 153<\/td> 105<\/td> 40<\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/td> 378<\/strong><\/td> 244<\/strong><\/td> 81<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n