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3.5 EMERGENCY AMBULANCE SERVICE

All fulltime Firefighters are trained as Paramedics and
rotate continuously between firefighting and EMS
duties. DFB’s fleet of 14 emergency ambulances are
each staffed by two paramedics available to respond
24 hours a day, 365 days per year.

In addition, there are 21 frontline fire appliances with
up to 120 paramedics available to respond on a daily
basis. All fulltime Firefighters are trained to paramedic
standard and are required to maintain PHECC
registration as paramedic practitioners with 105 at
Advanced Paramedic level. All retained firefighters are
trained to Emergency First Responder level. Tangible
clinical outcomes in 2023 illustrating the Fire Based
Emergency Medical Service include:

Dublin Fire Brigade celebrated 125 years of providing
the Emergency Ambulance Service for the citizens
of Dublin. For the full history of the service please
follow the link dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/2024-
04/125-booket-fa-spreads-for-display-003.pdf

80,357 emergency medical 27

incidents responded to

55,532 patients treated and

transported to hospital

4,631 critical medical incidents managed

552 cardiac arrests managed

151 STEMI (ST elevation myocardial infarction)

patients, transported to a PPCI facility within 90
minutes of having an ECG

605 FAST Positive Stroke patients

transported to a facility that performs
stroke thrombolysis

ANNUAL REPORT 2023 Tuarascáil Bhliantúil 2023