'Fair play': Carlow Fire and Rescue's new vehicle used to help battle blaze on mountain
Carlow County Fire and Rescue unveiled their new vehcile which hours later helped battle the fire on Slievenamon
MuHours after the Carlow County Fire and Rescue Service launched its new vehicle, it was helping to battle the blaze on Slievenamon.
The All Terrain Wildland Firefighting Vehicle (ATV) was unveiled on Friday, and became operational at 2pm that same day.
In a post on Facebook, the fire service announced that Tipperary Fire and Rescue Service requested the support of the team and its vehicle while attempting to gain control of the fire.
“We were pleased to facilitate this request and mobilised our ATV with Firefighters from Bagenalstown Fire Station Friday evening,” the post stated.
The Wildland Fire ATV and crew have been firefighting hotspots in remote, difficult-to-access parts of the fire over the weekend.
“We are delighted to be able to assist and put this specialist Wildland Firefighting Vehicle to use, demonstrating shared services between Fire Authorities,” the post continued.
Multiple people commented on the post by Carlow County Fire Service to thank them for their work and assistance.
“Thank you Carlow much appreciated they need all the wonderful firefighters they can get for a very beautiful Slieveanmon,” “Fair play to ye for giving a fantastic bit of kit to our exhausted lads lovely to see other crews standing together,” and “Fair play to the Carlow personnel that made the journey down and offering up their time and efforts,” are just a few of those comments.
The majority of the fire on Slievenamon is now under control, with crews spending over six days trying to manage it, according to Tipp FM.
The fire started last Monday morning, with fire crews present on the mountain up until yesterday.