Members of the public who come across emergency situations such as fires are increasingly videoing or photographing the scene and posting it on social media rather than calling the emergency services, it has been claimed. Acting Third Officer with Cork Fire Brigade, Ger Ryan, told Virgin Media News that he was concerned about a trend among the public to post about incidents on social media rather than contacting the emergency services. He says that the Fire Brigade is not receiving the level of 999 or 112 calls it should be. People are using the phones to get the images but they are not calling the emergency services. "Lives will be at risk if we don't get the proper information or if people assume that other people have rang the emergency service.

Source: Irish Examiner November 19, 2019 14:03 UTC