Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Review of Part B (Fire Safety) of Building Regulations: Dublin Fire Brigade

Mr. Dennis Keeley:

One of the surprises of the 42 m turntable ladder was the amount of training it required. It is certainly a lesson for me in that any switchover from equipment, while involving knowledge, brings with it a level of training. There was quite a considerable amount of training required on that. While we have had the 42 m ladder from the beginning of this year, it arrived for operational use in headquarters only last week, such was the level of training that is required. I am very confident that it is going in as a second turntable ladder into headquarters. That is the second response to allow more time for the operators to familiarise themselves with it, but the operators have been trained and are familiar with how to use it, and it will be in operation.

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