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Galway – Missing Person Search

26 January 2015

The body of a missing man was recovered from the Eglington Canal by members of the Garda Underwater Unit on Friday 23rd January. Galway Civil Defence had assisted the Gardaí in the search for the missing person for a number of days since his last sighting on 5th January on Mainguard Street in Galway City.

Irish College of Paramedics Scientific Day

22 January 2015

Irish College of Paramedics Scientific Day. Saturday 7th February 2015 Course Information Location : Springhill Court Hotel, Kilkenny Registration: 09.30am Start/ End 10.00am to 15.00pm CPC Points: 5 CPC Points and Certificate of Attendance. I.C.O.P. Non Members Cost: €40.00 non members I.C.O.P.Members with Discount Code : €30.00 * CPC points are awarded for the day. *… Read More

Leitrim Civil Defence Assist HSE Homecare Team

22 January 2015

Leitrim Civil Defence assisted the HSE Homecare Team in North Leitrim for 3 days from 19 -21 st January. Civil Defence volunteers used their 4×4 vehicles to bring HSE staff to their clients living in rural areas during the recent snowy weather.

Kilkenny – Search of River Nore

21 January 2015

Kilkenny Civil Defence have resumed the search for a 33-year-old man who is reported to have entered the River Nore in the early hours of Sunday morning, 18th January . 11 Civil Defence volunteers including two Civil Defence boat crews are out searching again today, Wednesday 21st January on the River Nore). Waterford Marine Rescue,… Read More

Meath – Search for Missing Person

21 January 2015

Meath Civil Defence was tasked by the Gardaí from Trim on Thursday morning 8th January to search for a missing person in the Castlerickard area west of Trim.  The person had been reported missing the evening before and his car was located close to the river Boyne at Inchamore Bridge.  A boat team and land… Read More

Cavan – Assistance to HSE

20 January 2015

From 14th – 18th January Cavan Civil Defence was deployed by the HSE to transport Public Health Nurses and Home Care using 4WD Vehicles in severe weather conditions in the West Cavan area.

Sligo – Social Services, Meals on Wheels

20 January 2015

On 13th and 14th January Sligo Civil Defence used a 4WD Vehicle to assist Social Services volunteers in their delivery of hot meals to their clients who were cut off by the heavy overnight snow falls. It was a very welcome assistance for both the Social Service volunteers tasked to deliver the hot meals and… Read More

Missing Person Search – Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny

20 January 2015

Kilkenny Civil Defence are assisting the Gardaí in the search for a 33-year-old man who is reported to have entered the River Nore in the early hours of Sunday morning, 18th January . 15 Civil Defence volunteers assisted in the search in the Thomastown area. Volunteers, including a boat crew, commenced searching at 3.30 am… Read More

Missing Person Search – Lucan – 16th/17th January 2015

20 January 2015

Dublin Civil Defence was tasked by An Garda Síochána to assist in a two-day search (16th and 17th January 2015) for a missing woman in the environs of St. Edmundsbury Hospital in Lucan Co. Dublin. 34 members of Dublin Civil Defence were on duty on Friday 16th January. The Civil Defence Welfare Unit established a… Read More

EMT CPC WEEKEND

20 January 2015