Fire Service Issues

Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Questions (800)

John O'Mahony

Question:

800. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of hoax calls received by the fire brigade in each county in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; the cost incurred as result of these calls in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35136/13]

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Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

The number of false alarm incidents attended by Fire Brigades within their area, broken down by malicious and good intent, for the years from 2007 to 2011, is set out in the following table. These data are based on fire statistics returns from each individual Local Authority Fire and Rescue Service. The statistical information for the year 2012 will not be available until later this year. The cost incurred as a result of these calls is a matter for the local authority concerned, and is not collected by my Department.

-	2007	2007	2007	2008	2008	2008	2009	2009	2009	2010	2010	2010	2011	2011	2011
-	Malicious	Good Intent	Total	Malicious	Good Intent	Total	Malicious	Good Intent	Total	Malicious	Good Intent	Total	Malicious	Good Intent	Total
Athlone Town Council	20	88	108	15	88	103	6	71	77	18	109	127	21	63	84
Carlow County Council	17	84	101	16	55	71	15	80	95	19	59	78	41	55	96
Cavan County Council	9	62	71	12	50	62	11	78	89	9	59	68	3	33	36
Clare County Council	65	117	182	59	101	160	31	118	149	35	132	167	24	75	99
Cork County Council	44	269	313	25	318	343	14	282	296	13	255	268	40	254	294
Cork City Council	261	891	1152	228	752	980	212	665	877	298	621	919	214	498	712
Donegal County Council	14	39	53	15	78	93	12	59	71	18	87	105	26	102	128
Drogheda Borough Council	30	78	108	31	78	109	24	79	103	14	85	99	12	72	84
Dublin City Council	452	595	1047	824	869	1693	823	984	1807	876	1117	1993	847	453	1300
Dundalk Town Council	24	47	71	32	61	93	13	47	60	16	54	70	22	59	81
Galway County Council	32	377	409	32	383	415	32	315	347	48	347	395	41	241	282
Kerry County Council	50	26	76	29	28	57	38	37	75	41	24	65	35	24	59
Kildare County Council	28	174	202	15	192	207	13	188	201	8	134	142	19	131	150
Kilkenny County Council	53	112	165	35	111	146	31	111	142	20	129	149	17	111	128
Laois County Council	10	108	118	13	111	124	3	119	122	3	104	107	7	97	104
Leitrim County Council	1	20	21	5	27	32	6	28	34	11	28	39	7	35	42
Limerick City Council	155	245	400	134	205	339	127	224	351	111	186	297	108	199	307
Limerick County Council	17	63	80	25	36	61	44	40	84	47	51	98	41	46	87
Longford County Council	5	27	32	10	56	66	3	67	70	5	61	66	20	43	63
Louth County Council	3	28	31	2	30	32	4	24	28	5	22	27	2	26	28
Mayo County Council	68	118	186	51	135	186	63	114	177	36	129	165	33	94	127
Meath County Council	29	266	295	29	266	295	31	208	239	33	219	252	20	241	261
Monaghan County Council	17	40	57	10	48	58	2	38	40	23	38	61	12	47	59
Offaly County Council	2	26	28	1	15	16	4	8	12	2	14	16	3	14	17
Roscommon County Council	25	81	106	4	35	39	4	63	67	8	45	53	2	62	64
Sligo County Council	19	98	117	25	141	166	12	116	128	21	109	130	23	75	98
North Tipperary County Council	29	60	89	18	46	64	28	40	68	36	42	78	35	45	80
South Tipperary County Council	56	145	201	38	135	173	32	105	137	39	78	117	36	98	134
Waterford City Council	53	132	185	51	103	154	36	119	155	44	86	130	66	80	146
Waterford County Council	25	133	158	39	130	169	25	113	138	10	89	99	23	58	81
Westmeath County Council	13	104	117	13	75	88	10	91	101	12	139	151	76	47	123
Wexford County Council	22	128	150	18	136	154	28	149	177	14	222	236	12	206	218
Wicklow County Council	16	52	68	41	180	201	36	166	202	23	131	154	14	102	116