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Kerry Flood Relief Efforts
3 March 2017
Kerry Civil Defence AFS Unit was placed on stand-by on Friday morning, 3rd March 2017 due to rising waters on the River Maine at Castleisland. Sandbags were put in place for residents at Church St., Castleisland and flood defence was put in place by Civil Defence. Monitoring is also onging at Causeway village in North… Read More
Meath – Navan Road Club Cycle
28 February 2017
The Ambulance crew and volunteers from Dunshaughlin and both Navan units provided medical cover and traffic management duties at Sunday’s Navan Road Club cycle races on the Kilberry Drumconrath route. Although the weather was atrocious but everybody stuck to the task.
January Photo of the Month Competition Winner
27 February 2017
Congratulations to Michael Fitzsimons, Meath Civil Defence on winning the January Photo of the Month Competition. A €50 One4All voucher is on its way to you. #cdphotoofthemonth The competition is open again for February – if you’re not in you can’t win. There will be a €50 One for All voucher awarded to the winner… Read More
EFR OSCE Assessments
24 February 2017
40 Civil Defence volunteers are coming to Roscrea on Saturday 25th February to do their OSCE (Objective, Structured Clinical Exam). If they pass this exam they will qualify as an Emergency First Responder. A second group of 40 volunteers are also due to take this exam on the 5th March. Best of luck to all… Read More
Cork South, Community Air Ambulance
31 January 2017
On Friday 27th January Cork Civil Defence assisted with preparation of the landing site for the Irish Community Air Ambulance at Nemo Rangers GAA grounds. The helicopter is still on its promotional tour of Munster. This service will be great once operational and will be of great benefit to the people of Munster and Ireland…. Read More
Minister Kehoe commissions 1916 commemorative medals for Civil Defence
25 January 2017
The year just past marked the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising. This was a seminal moment in the history of the Irish State. There were many events held across the country to commemorate the centenary. In honour of the role played by Civil Defence volunteers throughout the country during the year, and the ongoing… Read More
Missing Person Search, Clare
23 January 2017
Civil Defence has assisted in the search of a missing man in the vicinity of the Cliffs of Moher for the past week. SUA /Drone teams from Laois, Cork West and Cork South have assisted their colleagues from Clare Civil Defence during the course of the search, to date.
December Photo of the Month Winner
17 January 2017
Congratulations to James McConnell, Dublin Civil Defence on winning the December Photo of the Month Competition. A €50 One4All voucher is on its way to you. The competition is open again for January – if you’re not in you can’t win. There will be a €50 One for All voucher awarded to the winner each… Read More
Mayo Civil Defence – Epilepsy Cycle
16 January 2017
Mayo Civil Defence announced their partnership with The National Saddle-Up for Epilepsy Cycle on Feb 25th – providing Ambulance and First Aid supports to the participants.
Galway CD Inter Agency Exercise with Costelloe Bay Coastguard Unit
16 January 2017
Some recent photos of an inter-agency training exercise between Galway Civil Defence and the Costelloe Bay Coastguard Unit. This exercise was to familiarise both organisations with their roles in the search and recovery of a missing person at sea. This casualty was retrieved and recuscitation begun by the Coastguard, handed over to our ambulance crew… Read More