The fire-fighters were unaware of the gas welding cylinders inside this van until the fire was under control. The cylinders were then cooled before being removed and placed into a bin filled with cold water. If you ever find yourself in a situation of a fire near a pressurised gas cylinder (  you may be useing a gas cylinder at home for heating or a gas cooker) then please inform the fire service when you make the call and when the fire brigade arrive.  

The photos above show us in operation at a local scrap metal yard fighting a fire in an old electric transformer that caught fire while the workers were using a burning torch. The photo on the left shows two of the lads in the bucket of a digger held in with a safety harness.In the photo on the right is myself on the left with Sub Officer Niall (sam) Drievers to the right and in the back ground is Station Officer Abe Farr. 

The photo to the left show's the remain's of a hotel room this part of the hotel was not in use at the time.In fact these room's were only used when the hotel was busy. The photo to the right show's the lad's (John O'Mahony to the front Steven Lambe on the left and Steven Donnelan on the right.) enjoying a well earned break after the fire was out.

This is the aftermath of a road accident nobody was badly hurt.

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