Ambulance With Patient On Board Came Under Attack In Dublin Last Night

This was just one of many hostile incidents against emergency services last night. An ambulance that was carrying a passenger on board was attacked in Co. Dublin last night as emergency services attempted to keep up with the huge volume of calls on Halloween night. According to Dublin Fire Brigade, the crew were assaulted by a man who climbed on board the ambulance and tried to remove the patient. The windows of the vehicle were smashed, and the ambulance had to be taken out of service.

Unfortunately one of our ambulance's was hit with a bottle while at a case in North Dublin. #dfblive pic.twitter.com/ZVc4FwsbLp

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) November 1, 2015

Thankfully, nobody was injured in the incident.

The ambulance is currently being repaired and will be back on the run shortly. The crew were not injured #dfblive — Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) November 1, 2015

However, the ambulance was out of service for almost two hours as it was being repaired, putting yet more strain on emergency services.

The ambulance which was damaged earlier on is back on the road. It was unavailable for approximately 1 hour 40 mins. #dfblive

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) November 1, 2015

This was just one of many hostile incidents against emergency services that occurred last night, with Dublin Fire Brigade live tweeting their call-outs, which also saw their crew come under attack from members of the public.

Sadly we have experienced anti-social behaviour towards our crews at a fully involved domestic fire in Balbriggan. No FF injuries. #dfblive

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

Crews have had experienced anti-social behaviour in Clonsilla for the second time tonight. No F/Fs injured. Withdrawn from scene #dfblive

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

The fire services received approximately 700 calls between 4pm and 8am.

1/2 units are still out, snapshot of some calls: 19 house fires, 193 small/bonfires, 26 unconscious cases #dfblive pic.twitter.com/D1xacoUxwX — Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) November 1, 2015

Last night16.00-08.00 our control centre processed 700 calls, most fire calls to bonfires & related incidents, 280 amb calls, all crews safe

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) November 1, 2015