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NIFRS stock image(Image: Philip Magowan \/ Press Eye)<\/p>\nSeveral of the incidents were Halloween related, including bonfires and fireworks<\/p>\n
08:12, 01 Nov 2025Updated 09:09, 01 Nov 2025<\/p>\n
NIFRS stock image(Image: Philip Magowan \/ Press Eye)<\/p>\n
The fire service has reported a decrease in emergency callouts on Halloween night across Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Figures from the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service<\/a> revealed that from 6pm on Friday, October 31 and 1am on Saturday, November 1, fire crews responded to 53 operational incidents. This is 10 fewer than the same period in 2024.<\/p>\n Several of these incidents were related to Halloween<\/a> celebrations – including bonfires and fireworks.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Princess Kate makes funny request during visit to Northern Ireland<\/a>READ MORE: In photos: See inside Crumlin Fire Station after \u00a31.15m refurbishment<\/a><\/p>\n In 2023, the NIFRS responded to 44 operational incidents in the same time period, with one of these incidents being a bonfire. These figures equated to a 2% increase for the same period in 2022.<\/p>\n Issuing a Halloween Operational Activity Update overnight, a Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) spokesperson said:<\/p>\n \u201cThe Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service has been responding to calls during the night of Halloween<\/a> celebrations. From 6pm on 31 October 2025 \u2013 1am on 1 November 2025 Fire Crews responded to 53 operational incidents. Several of the incidents were Halloween related, including bonfires and fireworks.\u201d<\/p>\n Click this link<\/a> or scan the QR code to receive breaking news and top stories from Belfast Live. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don\u2019t like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you\u2019re curious, you can read our Privacy Notice<\/a>.<\/p>\n For all the latest news, visit the Belfast Live homepage<\/strong> here<\/a> and sign up to our daily newsletter<\/a> here.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several of the incidents were Halloween related, including bonfires and fireworks 08:12, 01 Nov 2025Updated 09:09, 01 Nov…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[10838,7916,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-541748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-halloween","9":"tag-nifrs","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115473753942486875","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541748","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=541748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1_WhatsApp-community-QR-code-Belfast1.png\")
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