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Cork Fire Brigade want people to stop filming fires and dial 999

Gerard Ryan, the Third Officer with the Fire Service in Cork, joined Shane Coleman on the show this morning to call for people to call the emergency services instead of filming incidents and posting them to social media.

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11.33 20 Nov 2019


Cork Fire Brigade want people to stop filming fires and dial 999


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11.33 20 Nov 2019


Put down your phone and dial 999 instead of posting on social media. That’s the call from Cork Fire Brigade as they say more and more members of the public are now filming scenes rather than calling the emergency services. Gerard Ryan, the Third Officer with the Fire Service in Cork, joined Shane Coleman on the show this morning to call for an end to this behaviour.


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