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13/09/2005
Fire service gets £2.7m boost
An additional £2.7 million in funding is to be made available to the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, it was announced today.
Just over half the money will be used to build a new state-of-the-art fire station in Armagh with the remaining funds being used to recruit more firefighters in order to consolidate "front-line services".
The current Armagh Fire Station, staffed by 20 part-time firefighters, is situated in Upper English Street. The new plans will see a new Fire Station and Community Fire Safety Centre being built on a Greenfield site at Loughgall Road, close to the city centre.
Chief Fire Officer Colin Lammey said the news was particularly welcome following three days of violence across Belfast and elsewhere.
"Many of our frontline firefighters were threatened, verbally abused and there were 12 separate attacks on our fire crews, damaging one of our fire appliances," he said.
"As Chief Fire Officer I am extremely proud of all our firefighters and the professionalism and courage with which they carried out their duties at the weekend, protecting lives in our community."
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Just over half the money will be used to build a new state-of-the-art fire station in Armagh with the remaining funds being used to recruit more firefighters in order to consolidate "front-line services".
The current Armagh Fire Station, staffed by 20 part-time firefighters, is situated in Upper English Street. The new plans will see a new Fire Station and Community Fire Safety Centre being built on a Greenfield site at Loughgall Road, close to the city centre.
Chief Fire Officer Colin Lammey said the news was particularly welcome following three days of violence across Belfast and elsewhere.
"Many of our frontline firefighters were threatened, verbally abused and there were 12 separate attacks on our fire crews, damaging one of our fire appliances," he said.
"As Chief Fire Officer I am extremely proud of all our firefighters and the professionalism and courage with which they carried out their duties at the weekend, protecting lives in our community."
(MB/SP)
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