Waterford Fire Services have attended over 500 incidents this year

550 callouts were attended by Waterford Fire Divisions up to November 29th this year.

550 incidents have been attended by the 10 brigades of Waterford Fire Service so far this year.

227 of these callouts were deemed to be false alarms of good intent, while none were deemed malicious.

From September to November of this year, 161 callouts were attended - 76% of which were in the Waterford City and Metropolitan District area.

Just five fires were attended to in the Comeragh District, while there were 33 in the Dungarvan and Lismore area.

41% of incidents attended between September and November were false alarms of good intent.