The title Fire & Rescue Service covers a broad range of functions ranging from Fire & Rescue cover to Fire Prevention. Fire cover throughout the County is provided by both Full Time and Retained Firefighters (i.e. firefighters who work their own careers and are summoned for emergency duties through a paging system). The fire stations serving the County are as follows:
- Drogheda Fire Station – both Full time and Retained personnel
- Dundalk Fire Station – both Full time and Retained personnel
- Carlingford Fire Station – Retained personnel
- Dunleer Fire Station – Retained personnel
- Ardee Fire Station – Retained personnel
Overall Management and Administration of the Service, Fire Prevention and certain Building Control functions are carried out by Fire Officers and Administrative staff.
IN AN EMERGENCY DIAL 999 or 112
Fire Service Contacts
| OPERATIONAL/EMERGENCY QUERIES | Drogheda Fire Station 0419832222
Dundalk Fire Station 0429334666 |
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| FIRE PREVENTION/BUILDING CONTROL QUERIES | Fire & Building Control Section, Louth County Council
0429353153
Email: Fireoff@louthcoco.ie or BuildingControl@louthcoco.ie |
| LOUTH COUNTY COUNCIL | 0429335457 or LoCall 1890202303 |
Our Staff
| Position | Name |
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| Chief Fire Officer | Mr. Eamon Woulfe |
| Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officers | Mrs. Sheila Broderick, Mr. Joe Lumsden |
| Assistant Chief Fire Officers | Mr. Philip O’Brien, Mr. John Cummins |
| Building Control Officer | Ms. Bernadette McArdle |
| Emergency Planning Officer | Mr. Greg Flanagan |
| Civil Defence Officer | Mr. James McConnell |
| Administrative Officers | Mr. David Jones, Ms. Cathriona Kieran, Mrs. Jennifer Burns |
| Station Officers | Mr. Peter Leahy (Drogehda), Mr. Michael Donnelly (Dundalk), Mr. Pat Gregory (Carlingford), Mr. Jimmy Kearney (Dunleer), Mr. Hugh McMahon (Ardee) |
| | Also, Sub Officers and Firefighters at each of the 5 fire stations in County |
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