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Fire service statistics, incident trends, station activity, and operational data from across Ireland in one central hub.

Incidents nationally, 2000 to 2024

Fires, special services and false alarms attended by fire brigades each year. Hover or tap a year for the breakdown.

  • Fires
  • Special services
  • False alarms
  • Not comparable (see note)

Years 2000 to 2024. Click a year to see its breakdown by fire authority below.

2016: Dublin City Council's figures were not included in the 2016 return, so the 2016 totals exclude Dublin Fire Brigade and are not comparable with other years.

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YearFiresSpecial servicesFalse alarmsTotal
202419,51818,6798,03146,228
202317,79015,8187,49242,004
202220,12614,8368,97143,933
202120,52412,4896,22339,236
202021,75912,2335,80539,797
201920,75614,4385,79940,993
201826,53413,5505,19445,278
201724,56712,7884,32941,684
2016 *13,1597,1183,95724,234
201524,3659,9694,78039,114
201422,99510,0324,42937,456
201327,2999,5724,55341,424
201223,8948,2454,82036,959
201129,8729,1355,68844,695
201036,82010,1326,92153,873
200937,12511,8356,71955,679
200835,38612,6616,96955,016
200735,30314,3886,49756,188
200633,46017,0816,68557,226
200530,53716,8306,20053,567
200430,77815,1048,33654,218
200331,83715,2767,12754,240
200228,09915,9839,34653,428
200132,82012,55613,19658,572
200031,86912,16515,03759,071

Incidents by fire authority

Choose a year to see each fire authority's fires, special services and false alarms. Hover or tap a bar for the breakdown.

Total incidents
46,228
Fires
19,518
Special services
18,679
False alarms
8,031
Fire stations
217
  • Fires
  • Special services
  • False alarms
  1. Dublin City16,805
  2. Cork City3,553
  3. Cork2,638
  4. Limerick C&C1,841
  5. Kildare1,804
  6. Galway1,621
  7. Tipperary1,500
  8. Meath1,372
  9. Clare1,306
  10. Waterford C&C1,253
  11. Wicklow1,229
  12. Louth1,220
  13. Wexford1,055
  14. Kerry1,047
  15. Laois857
  16. Donegal850
  17. Kilkenny848
  18. Mayo782
  19. Cavan762
  20. Westmeath710
  21. Sligo622
  22. Offaly613
  23. Carlow535
  24. Longford503
  25. Monaghan365
  26. Roscommon274
  27. Leitrim263
View 2024 as a table
Fire authorityStationsFiresSpecial servicesFalse alarmsTotal
Carlow4197237101535
Cavan1012356673762
Clare72628292151,306
Cork205761,5964662,638
Cork City29011,8008523,553
Donegal17318338194850
Dublin City149,9674,8372,00116,805
Galway115746533941,621
Kerry103454232791,047
Kildare67636873541,804
Kilkenny7158539151848
Laois8219481157857
Leitrim57617215263
Limerick C&C76008354061,841
Longford529013677503
Louth54724672811,220
Mayo12299302181782
Meath74167052511,372
Monaghan513617158365
Offaly529323486613
Roscommon51229458274
Sligo4191216215622
Tipperary125466503041,500
Waterford C&C104845582111,253
Westmeath4268259183710
Wexford53774362421,055
Wicklow105454582261,229

Dublin's ambulance attendances are reported separately and are not included. Before 2014, figures were reported by town, borough, city and county councils, so the list of authorities changes over time.

Explore each year in depth

Every column from the operational return, with an authority by authority explorer.

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Stats taken from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage website:Fires attended by brigades. Keep an eye on this website for more stats.