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Inter Agency EMT Training – Bere Island

5 May 2016

Last weekend saw over 25 Emergency Medical Technician’s descend upon Bere Island for a training weekend. This was an inter agency training weekend with members of the Civil Defence, Irish Red Cross, Defence Forces and West Cork Underwater Search & Rescue in attendance. This initiative has been in place since 2013, with Cork West Civil… Read More

Railway Exercise with Civil Defence & Irish Red Cross

3 May 2016

Emergency Times report, photos and video footage from the recent Railway Exercise in Dublin Railway Exercise Report – Emergency Times

Civil Defence Officer Post – Cork

26 April 2016

Cork County Council are seeking to appoint a new Civil Defence Officer for the Cork South Unit. Details are available on the Cork County Council website. The closing date for applications is the 12th May.

Monaghan – Search & Recovery, Lough More Lake

21 April 2016

Monaghan Civil Defence responded to a request for assistance from the Gardaí  & the PSNI to provide a boat to search for  a person reported missing in Lough More lake on the border with Northern Ireland. A boat crew of three was mobilised  at noon on Wednesday 20th April.  The boat crew searched specific locations… Read More

Multi Agency Exercise, Killala, Co Mayo – 16th April 2016

19 April 2016

Mayo Civil Defence members participated in a Multi agency Search & Rescue Exercise in Killala Bay on Saturday 16th April. Irish Coast Guard Members from the West/ North West Region, Rescue 118 (Sligo Coast Guard Helicopter), An Garda Síochána from the Ballina / Killala Area, The Garda Water Unit & Mayo Civil Defence participated in… Read More

Search Dog Training Weekend 8th – 10th April 2016

13 April 2016

Civil Defence Search Dog Teams from Dublin, Meath & Tipperary came together on the weekend of the 8th to the 10th of April to be assessed by a veteran British Police Dog trainer. The assessment was designed to determine each dog team’s ability in a variety of different search environments. The assessment commenced at 10pm… Read More

Galway Missing Person Searches

12 April 2016

Searches are continuing for two persons reported missing from the Galway City area. One male was seen entering the water at O’Brien’s Bridge on the 10th March 2016 and the second male was reported missing on the 31st March 2016. Civil Defence members are conducting searches with Gardaí  on the Oranmore coastal area and Civil… Read More

March Photo of the Month Winner

12 April 2016

Congratulations to Alan Russell, Dublin Civil Defence on winning the March Photo of the Month Competition. A €50 One4All voucher is on its way to you. The competition is open again for April – 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

Skibbereen Flooding

11 April 2016

Cork West – Flood Response Cork West Civil Defence personnel were deployed on Sunday 10th April in Skibbereen to support the Local Authority in flood response operations. A total of 15 volunteers were deployed from 5.30pm to 10.30pm. Two 4WD Vehicles and the Incident Response Vehicle were utilised. Volunteer members were engaged in sandbagging at… Read More

1916 Commemoration Event – Easter Sunday

7 April 2016

Congratulations to the 100+ members of Civil Defence who took part in the Easter 1916 commemorative parade in Dublin on Sunday 27th March 2016. You represented Civil Defence with great distinction. There has been some very positive feedback on the appearance and drill work of the Civil Defence contingent in the parade. This reflects well… Read More