There has been a 429% rise in the number of gorse fires attended by the Kerry Fire Service during the first three months of the year.
That’s according to figures compiled the by Kerry Fire Service.
These figures outline the numbers and types of call-outs the service attends.
The Kerry Fire Service experienced a 6% increase in mobilisations in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year.
The fire service was mobilised 384 times up to the end of March, up from 364 during the first three months of last year.
Between January and the end of March, there were 37 gorse fires; this is jump of 429% on the same period last year when there were 7 gorse fires.
Instances of chimney fires dropped by a quarter in the first three months of the year; it stood at 20 as of the end of March, down from 27 on last year.
The Kerry Fire Service also attended 41 road traffic collisions during the period; one gas/chemicals call out and rescued one person from water.
In total between January and March, the fire service attended 111 fires in Kerry, a 42% on the same period in 2024, when it attended 78 fires.
