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Civil Defence Regional Exercise Kerry 11th March 2017

13 March 2017

The first Civil Defence regional exercise was held in Tralee, Co. Kerry on Saturday 11th March 2017, hosted by Kerry Civil Defence. Civil Defence teams from Limerick, Cork South, Cork West and Cork North travelled to the kingdom for the day long exercise. Kerry Civil Defence Officer Tom Brosnan and his team have been planning… Read More

Sligo Search & Recovery

10 March 2017

Sligo Civil Defence was activated by An Garda Síochána on Sunday afternoon 5th March to provide assistance with a search for a man missing since 12th February. Seven Civil Defence volunteers assisted with the search on Monday morning, 6th March. The assistance of the SUA (drones) unit from Donegal was requested and the team arrived… Read More

February Photo of the Month Competition Winner

10 March 2017

Congratulations to Gary Minihane, Cork West Civil Defence on winning the February Photo of the Month Competition. A €50 One4All voucher is on its way to you. #cdphotoofthemonth The competition is open again for March – if you’re not in you can’t win. There will be a €50 One for All voucher awarded to the… Read More

Dublin Civil Defence Evacuation Exercise

7 March 2017

Dublin Civil Defence, with the support of Dublin Fire Brigade and An Garda Síochána held an emergency rest centre and evacuation exercise at Ratra House, Dublin and also at the Cabra Parkside Sports Centre. 103 families participates, 47 Dublin Civil defence and 4 Meath Civil defence members were involved with observers from Dublin Fire Brigade,… Read More

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