AQW 52564/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail the number of times that the Retained Duty System appliances failed to mobilise in Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue stations in (i) Coleraine; (ii) Portrush; (iii) Portstewart; (iv) Ballymoney; (v) Ballycastle; and (vi) Limavady in each of the last two years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 7 January 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 7 January 2016
- Answer due by
- 22 January 2016
- Answered
- 14 March 201667 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table below details the number of times the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) Retained Duty System appliances failed to mobilise in (i) Coleraine; (ii) Portrush; (iii) Portstewart; (iv) Ballymoney; (v) Ballycastle; and (vi) Limavady, in each of the last 2 years.
| Station | Number of occasions when Appliances failed to Respond | |
| 2014 | 2015 | |
| Coleraine (RDS) | 12 | 11 |
| Portstewart | 7 | 3 |
| Portrush | 3 | 6 |
| Ballymoney | 15 | 11 |
| Ballycastle | 5 | 2 |
| Limavady | 15 | 16 |
NIFRS’ Regional Control Centre continually monitors Retained availability. Where there is inadequate Retained availability which may result in a failure to respond, crews are mobilised immediately from neighbouring Stations.