Fire-ology & labor firegeezer on 28 Sep 2007 04:56 pm
Rising Demand For Investigation Into Irish Firefighter Deaths
PUBLIC OUTCRY FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION into the causes of the two firefighter deaths in Bray, County Wicklow, Wednesday.
The County Council, the police and the Health and Safety Authority have all opened inquiries, but many are calling for an independent investigation without the pressures of local politicians. It has been pointed out that surveys on the needs of local fire services were carried out in 2002, yet nothing was ever implemented. One of the recommendations was to upgrade all urban areas, such as Bray, to fully-paid fire brigades.
The nation’s largest labor union, Siptu, along with backing from the British Fire Brigades Union, has increased the volume of those who are demanding a better accounting.
The Irish Times has the full STORY.
