Each winter in Ireland the Fire Brigade deal with thousands of chimney fires and many more chimney fires occur without the householder even knowing until further damages show weeks and sometimes months later.  In 2018 of the 6634 fires with identified causes dealt with by the fire services 34% of

On November 6th 2019 in conjunction with the Governments Winder Ready Campaign, have released their own information booklet which outlines what you need to know about their weather warnings. Download the leaflet at the following address https://www.winterready.ie/system/files/media/file-uploads/2019-11/Winter%20Ready%20Weather%20Warnings_4.pdf.  

On 6th November 2019, the Government launched it’s annual Be Winter Ready campaign.  The campaign is a cross department collaboration with input from the Department for Rural and Community Development, the Department for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government with special responsibility for