The National Full-Time Fire-Fighters Committee at SIPTU has called for strict new legislation that would make it a specific crime to attack a member of the rescue services.
Chairman of the firefighters' committee Brian Murray said similar legislation to that in place in Britain needed to be considered by the Government.
The call follows an attack on a fire engine in Dublin last night which left a male firefighter with serious facial injuries.
The firefighter was travelling in a fire engine in the Fairview area when he was struck by a missile.
There were a lot of people in the area who had attended the Robbie Williams concert in Croke Park, a large number of whom were queuing for northbound buses at a bus stop outside an auctioneers premises.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Clontarf Garda Station at 01-66648000 or any other garda station.
