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1FOREWORD from the Chief Fire Officer

Welcome to Dublin Fire Brigade’s Annual Report which
includes an overview and some highlights from what was
another challenging year for DFB. 2023 has been an important
year for the Service and we use our annual report to explain
how we are keeping people safe, protecting our communities
and managing our budgets and spending. The report also
provides an account of the remit and broad spectrum of Fire
Safety, Operational, Planning and Strategic Service activities
performed throughout the year.

Our mission is to make Dublin a safe place to live, work and
travel. All of us share a common goal in that we want to be
one of the best fire and rescue services in the country. By
continually raising our standards and improving what we do,
we are providing the best protection we can to keep people
safe.

We achieved a huge amount last year and capturing that
activity in our annual report only highlights this more. Despite
extra pressures and challenging situations we’ve continued
to work incredibly hard to keep the people of Dublin safe.

During 2023 we have welcomed new staff into the Service
across the Operational, Eastern Regional Communications
Centre, Technical and professional administrative services.
New staff bring diverse experiences, a fresh outlook and
new skills, which we embrace and also look forward to the
additional recruits who will join our ranks in 2024. We are
increasing the diversity of our workforce year on year which
will only help to further improve our service to all communities.

The report highlights the incredible amount of work
completed in 2023 and we are proud of all Members, staff,
and volunteers who have contributed to making it possible.
Over the next 12 months, we will continue to work hard to
ensure that the Service has the right resources, people, and
plans to build on the work completed in 2023.

A sincere thank you to everyone that has supported us in 2023,
whether that was attending one of our events, sharing our
safety messages, sending us feedback, visiting our stations

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