NI Fire and Rescue crew attacked with stones on Halloween call outs

By Adam Evans

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue says it's lucky no-one was hurt when crews came under attack during call-outs in Armagh, Belfast and Crossmaglen.

The service says "thankfully" no-one was injured in Keady late yesterday afternoon.

The appliance was slightly damaged by stones.

Overall the number of Halloween emergency calls up to 9pm was slightly down on last year at 148 with 95 operational incidents.

A Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) Spokesperson said:

“During Halloween, Tuesday 31 October 2017, Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) has received 210 calls and attended 136 incidents across Northern Ireland.
These figures represent a decrease in both the number of calls received and the number of operational incidents attended for the same period 2016. (9.5% and 18.1% respectively).
69 of the mobilised incidents were fire related, 63 (91.3%) of which are believed to have been started deliberately. Many of these incidents involved bonfires and bonfire materials.

The mobilised incident figure includes 7 incidents resulting from ‘Hoax calls’.