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<\/p>\nA spokesperson said that the service is still staying alert to wildfires \u2013 of which there have been hundreds in recent weeks \u2013 and that firefighters continue to respond to a number of other emergency incidents throughout the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith the weather warning still in place, we are appealing to the public to adhere to our fire safety advice,\u201d they added. <\/p>\n
“Please stay vigilant to fire in the countryside. If you see a fire, call 999.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The fire services has been tackling wildfires across NI in recent weeks. Photo: Liam McBurney\/PA<\/p>\n
Firefighters continuing to tackle wildfires in the Mourne Mountains <\/p>\n
From Thursday April 3, to Thursday April 10, NIFRS reportedly received 2,014 emergency calls and attended 1,112 incidents, with 296 of these being wildfire incidents.<\/p>\n
The NIFRS spokesperson said: \u201cWhilst there has been no significant wildfires today NIFRS continue to stay alert to the risk.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirefighters continue to respond to a number of other emergency incidents throughout the day including a large animal rescue in Castlerock Coleraine.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, an update from the service added: \u201cFirefighters continued to respond to wildfire incidents last night and attended other emergency calls across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur Regional Control Room received 237 calls yesterday, 26 of the 131 calls mobilised involved wildfires.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the more significant gorse fires yesterday was in the vicinity of 974 Glenshane Road, Maghera. At the height of the incident 10 fire appliances and 75 Firefighters were in attendance.<\/p>\n
“This Incident was brought under control at 11pm and all NIFRS resources have left the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n
NIFRS Chief Fire & Rescue Officer Aidan Jennings said: \u201cMany of the incidents our Service has responded to in the last seven days have been significant, with one wildfire declared as a major incident and multiple others occurring simultaneously.<\/p>\n
“This, coupled with the many other fire and special service emergency calls we have received, has created a challenge for us in maintaining normal service delivery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe impact has been felt right across our Service with everyone playing their part in our response. I want to commend our Firefighters for their exceptional work in tackling the wildfires in these extremely challenging and exhausting conditions.<\/p>\n
“Our On-Call Firefighters have been remarkable and I want to thank them, their employers and their families for their support and understanding at this time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also want to pay tribute to our control room operators who have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to support the operational response and maintain normal service delivery, along with many support employees across the organisation. Our collaborative approach has been an outstanding representation of our One Team ethos at NIFRS.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs ever the support of many partner agencies has been invaluable over the last week and I would like to thank them and acknowledge the efforts of all their teams.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFinally, I would like to thank the public for supporting us during this critical time. I again want to reassure the public that our contingency plans remain in place and we will continue to respond should you need us in an emergency. However, with a weather warning still in place, I am reiterating our appeal to adhere to our fire safety advice. Please act safely over the coming days and stay vigilant to fire in the countryside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson said that the service is still staying alert to wildfires \u2013 of which there have been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18128,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1817,5825,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-18127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-derry-news","9":"tag-niamh-campbell","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114334016758053204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}