There’s been a 20% drop this year in the number of call outs for Kerry Fire Service.
The fire brigade was deployed 703 times this year up to the end of July, compared to 886 for the same seven months last year.
Gorse fires at 170 were down from 240 last year, a 29% drop; road crashes were down 20% to 58; and chimney fires dropped 10% to 46.
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The figures were contained in the Kerry County Council’s Fire Services and Building Control Section Monthly Report for July.
