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Firefighters

Season 2 2013

  • 2013-09-03T07:30:00Z on RTÉ One
  • 25m
  • 3h 20m (8 episodes)
  • Ireland
  • English
  • Documentary
Dublin Fire Brigade and ambulance services receive around 133,000 calls a year. Whatever the emergency, whenever it happens, the firefighters are first to respond, putting themselves in danger to save lives. And it’s not just fighting fires. Every member of Dublin Fire and Rescue is a trained paramedic, and whether it’s ambulance services, rapid river rescues, marine emergency response or high line rescues that are called for, they're equipped and trained to give people in need of rescue the best chance of survival. Using state of the art technology including vehicle and helmet mounted cameras this series will bring viewers deep into the heart of the fire scene with the firefighters themselves to witness and experience a level of danger, drama and emotion never before seen on Irish television.

8 episodes

Season Premiere

2013-09-03T07:30:00Z

2x01 Episode 1

Season Premiere

2x01 Episode 1

  • 2013-09-03T07:30:00Z25m

A huge fire engulfs an auto-repair shop and it’s all hands on deck when the unusually hot weather causes dangerous wildfires to spread across Howth Head.

2013-09-10T07:30:00Z

2x02 Episode 2

2x02 Episode 2

  • 2013-09-10T07:30:00Z25m

The firefighters respond to fires burning in multiple locations across the city, and the swift water rescue team are called in to action when a person is reported in the Royal Canal.

2013-09-17T07:30:00Z

2x03 Episode 3

2x03 Episode 3

  • 2013-09-17T07:30:00Z25m

The firefighters search for the occupants in a burning family home, an elderly lady needs to be rescued after becoming trapped inside an overturned car, and Dublin Fire Brigade need all their experience and training to tackle a dangerous industrial fire

2013-09-24T07:30:00Z

2x04 Episode 4

2x04 Episode 4

  • 2013-09-24T07:30:00Z25m

The driver of a car has to be rescued when their vehicle travels over an embankment at nightime, a fire in an underground car park endangers the inhabitants of an apartment block, and when a raging fire engulfs an historic building the firefighters swing into action to save it from the flames.

2013-10-01T07:30:00Z

2x05 Episode 5

2x05 Episode 5

  • 2013-10-01T07:30:00Z25m

Dublin Fire Brigade perform a delicate operation with the army’s bomb disposal unit when a chemical in a school laboratory becomes dangerously unstable, a cyclist requires urgent medical attention after a road traffic accident, and a firefighter from Dublin travels to Belfast to compete in the World Police and Fire Games

2013-10-08T07:30:00Z

2x06 Episode 6

2x06 Episode 6

  • 2013-10-08T07:30:00Z25m

Documentary following members of Dublin Fire Brigade based at stations across the city as they deal with emergencies including road-traffic accidents and blazing buildings.

2013-10-15T07:30:00Z

2x07 Episode 7

2x07 Episode 7

  • 2013-10-15T07:30:00Z25m

Paramedics attend a road collision involving multiple casualties, a man and his grandson are rescued from their burning home, and firefighters tackle a blaze at an abandoned nursing home. Documentary following members of Dublin Fire Brigade.

2013-10-22T07:30:00Z

2x08 Episode 8

2x08 Episode 8

  • 2013-10-22T07:30:00Z25m

Staff of Dublin Fire Brigade are called out to an old military building with a blaze spreading through its roof, while a caravan accompanying a travelling circus is also engulfed in flames. The workers also pay a special visit to an unwell child in the local community.

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