Sligo City Firefighters 3.48

Sligo County is serviced by 4 fire stations. Ballymote, Enniscrone, Tubbercurry and Sligo City/ Borough covering a population of over 65,000 and responding to over 1000 calls per annum. Sligo City/ Borough unit is the largest and busiest attending 650 calls per annum. Sligo has 24 firefighters working 24/7 x 7 days on and 24/7 x 7 days off. Sligo is designated a gateway city and earmarked for investment and development, and has a port, airport, rail network and busy road infrastructure in its fire ground, among various large industrial, commerial and residential developments.

SO11 (Sierra Oscar one-one) fleet includes 2 Pumps (Scania's, Alpha 1 & 2), 1 Emergency Tender (Scania, Bravo 1), 1 Aerial Platform (Scania, Echo 1), 1 4x4 (Toyota Landcruiser, Juliet 1), 1 van (Fiat Cargo, Mike 1), 1 Chemical Incident Unit (Mercedes, Golf 1), 1 Water tanker (Volvo, Kilo 1), 2 Reserve Pumps (Mercedes, Alpha 3 & 4).