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Speaking after meeting recently with firefighters stationed in Tallaght, Dublin South West TD Se\u00e1n Crowe has written to the Minister for Environment, Community & Local Government Michael Hogan requesting information on when work will start on extending and upgrading the station.<\/p>\n
Deputy Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe inadequate state of Tallaght fire station, which was built in the early 1980s, needs to be upgraded and extended. Last year an accident occurred in which a firefighter was electrocuted and left badly injured in an incident that illustrated the extent of the problems there.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn March, 2010, under the National Development Plan, 2010 \u2013 2013, the then Minister for Housing and Local Services, Michael Finneran, TD, announced a capital funding package of \u20ac18 million to support fire and rescue services across the State.<\/p>\n
\u201cIts aim was to maintain and enhance the capacity of fire crews throughout the country so they would be better able to protect local communities by making them more efficient.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs part of this announcement, the Minister approved the commencement of design work on an extension to Tallaght fire station yet over a year later no work has started on this important project.<\/p>\n
\u201cTallaght has one of the busiest fire stations in Europe and its crews cover 250,000 people across 220 square kilometres of heavily built-up residential and industrial land. This is reflected in the thousands of callouts they respond to annually and the crews stationed in Tallaght save countless lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Government needs to upgrade and extend Tallaght fire station and also implement plans that would site emergency response crews in the station whose role would be to respond to incidents across three counties.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire fighters who operate out of Tallaght and who risk their lives saving people deserve nothing less.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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