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John Kidd on "The Last Word"

The Last Word with Matt Cooper - Tuesday 4th Nov. with IFESA's National Chairman,John Kidd and Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Dr Luke Clancy discussing the findings of a major new report on the health implications of long periods of shift and night work.

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Fireman Left Gasping for air as device fails - again

Irish Daily MailYET another fireman was left gasping for air while fighting a blaze in a burning building when his breathing apparatus malfunctioned.

It is the second time in eight weeks this has happened.

It follows an incident in January when the breathing apparatus of two other firemen stopped working during an operation to rescue eight people from a blazing building.

As reported in the Mail at the time, at least another eight 'catastrophic episodes of equipment failures' had been reported to Dublin City Council chiefs in less than two years.

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Outrage as one THIRD of Dublin ambulances unavailable on a busy night

Article by the Irish Mirror

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IFESA call for investigation into tendering process

Leanna Byrne

The Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association have called on the Controller and Auditor General to investigate practises of tendering in the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. The concerns were raised as a number of applications for fire and rescue service vehicles that have been approved since 2004 have failed to deliver operational vehicles.

Speaking to The Sunday Business Post , IFESA Chairman, John Kidd said: “I can't stand over incompetent management. We ordered a foam tender [vehicle] in 2006 and it was only delivered last year. That is seven years of knocking around.”

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Attacks on Limerick firefighters lower than national average

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Firefighter cancer is a looming personal catastrophe for each and every fire fighter. Cancer is the most dangerous and unrecognised threat to the health and safety of our nation's firefighters. Multiple studies across the globe, including the soon to be released NIOSH cancer study, have repeatedly demonstrated credible evidence and biologic creditability for statistically higher rates of multiple types of cancers in firefighters compared to the general American population

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