Rural Life
Firefighters were called to 144 fires in agricultural buildings in 2024, according to data from fire services throughout the country.
N.Ireland
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has confirmed that over 50 firefighters are now battling a fire on the Mourne Mountains.
Kerry Fire Service is still in attendance at a gorse fire in south Kerry which at one stage placed houses and a local school at risk.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has been called out to 146 gorse fires since Thursday (April 3).
A fire engine remains at the scene today (Tuesday, August 20) of an overnight gorse fire on Mullins Hill in Killiney, Co. Dublin
Environment
The European Commission said that hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of aircraft are prepared to tackle wildfires this summer.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) will contact farmers whose land has been burned following fires in Co. Carlow.
Firefighters in north Co. Dublin responded to an incident this week which occurred on top of a stack of straw bales on a flatbed trailer.
On what was supposed to be his retirement party, a firefighter was called to assist in the rescue of 28 calves from a slurry pit in Co. Armagh.
A Galway city councillor is calling for an awareness campaign to be launched in a bid to prevent gorse fires.
Fire crews in counties Cork and Kerry have attended over 50 gorse fires in recent days, local authorities confirmed.
Two firefighters have received minor injuries while attending the scene of a gorse wildfire at Killiney Hill in Dublin.
Emergency services in the southeast spent more than 16 hours bringing an "enormous gorse fire" over the weekend.
The driver of a tractor which overturned over the weekend was taken to hospital after being...
Firefighters among the crews of Cork City Fire Brigade had a tough day yesterday (Monday, August...
Machinery
Following a number of farm machinery fires in recent days, firefighters in Co. Carlow have offered...
Laois County Fire and Rescue Service recently held agricultural machinery rescue training sessions with crews across the county.
Firefighters had a busy weekend battling a gorse fire in Co. Laois - warning that investigations will be made into the source of the blaze.
A crew of firefighters had to be called in to rescue a cow that got her hoof stuck in grating yesterday (Monday, October 13).
A team of firefighters had to be called in to rescue a "heavily pregnant cow" that got stuck in a water-filled ditch in England.
Firefighters were called to help rescue a 1,000kg bull which was stuck in a ditch in Hatfield Broad Oak over the weekend
Firefighters were called in to extinguish a tractor which was "well alight in a field" in Somerset, England, this week.
Numerous teams of firefighters were mobilised to rescue a 12-month-old bullock which became trapped in a water trough earlier this week.
