Smoke Alarm Scheme 2019

Do you have elderly or vulnerable people in your community who may succumb to fire in their homes?

Are there escape routes adequately protected by smoke alarms which will provide them with that extra time to escape and raise the alarm?

Are they aware of how to reduce their exposure to domestic fire?

Would you or members of your group assist in the installation of smoke alarms in liaison with local fire officers?

Cork County Fire Department, in conjunction with the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM), will provide PPN community groups with 10 year battery operated smoke alarms for distribution and installation within elderly and vulnerable resident’s dwellings. 

The scheme is quite simple, here’s what to do next:

·         Complete the attached application form

·         Completed forms can then be scanned and emailed to fireinfo@corkcoco.ie

·         Your email subject should beSmoke Alarm Scheme 2019 and please address your emails to Keelin Cronin  -Snr Assistant Chief Fire Officer 

Or alternatively you may post your application form to your Divisional Fire Dept. HQ.:

For North Cork: Mallow Fire HQ, Limerick Road, Lackanalooha, Mallow, Co. Cork

South Cork: Cork County Fire HQ, County Hall Campus, Cork County Council, Carrigrohane Road, Cork

East Cork: Midleton Fire Station, Market Green, Midleton Co.Cork

West Cork: Bantry Fire Station, Wolfe Tone Square, Bantry, Co. Cork

Following assessment of applications by the Senior Fire Officer, the Fire Dept. will then reply to the contact named on the form to arrange the installation of the smoke alarm.

Simple to read Fire Safety in the Home Leaflets and installation details will also be provided.

To facilitate the installation of the smoke alarms Cork County Fire Dept suggest that interested groups nominate a contact who will liaise with the Fire Dept. on behalf of the vulnerable people in their community. Please note that the scheme is set up to work so that forms are submitted together as a local group and not individually. This will assist the Fire Dept. in further distribution.

The target of this scheme is elderly and vulnerable residents in your area and Cork County Fire Dept appeal to applicants to understand and respect the ethos of this project.

Should individual PPN groups want to make contact with one of the Senior Divisional Fire Officers for further information please select a group liaison person and use the following email fireinfo@corkcoco.ie . Please identify the subject of all emails, be they queries or completed application forms, as ‘Smoke Alarm Scheme 2019’ and address your emails to Keelin Cronin  -Snr Assistant Chief Fire Officer