Emergency Services Ireland

09/01/2025

Firefighters from across the state have arrived to relieve local fire crews.... According to officials more than 1,000 structures, mostly homes, were destroyed to date, while over 130,000 people remain under evacuation orders in the metropolitan area....

At least five people killed as six fires burn across the Los Angeles County with officials expecting the death toll to rise.

07/01/2025

Rescue Org Ireland will hold this year's National Rescue & CPR Challenge at Dublin Fire Brigade Training Centre in Marino on Saturday 24 May next.

Rescue Organisation Ireland (ROI) is calling on all community first responders, voluntary and professional emergency services personnel to take part in this ...

25/10/2024

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25/10/2024

A new bereavement support initiative has been jointly launched by Galway University Hospital’s Bereavement Support Services and the Irish Hospice Foundation ...

04/10/2024

26/09/2024

Dr. Geoff King was the first Director of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC). The Geoff King Award recognises an individual, a community, an organisation or group that has gone the extra mile, gone outside their comfort zone, put in a special effort or were innovative in some way in strengthening the “chain of survival”. This year's recipient of the Geoff King Award certainly meets the criteria. Congratulations to Padraic Loughnane of Eyrecourt CFR Group, this year’s winner.

Padraic has established and developed the Eyrecourt CFR since 2016. He has provided training for the group and streamlined responses to calls not only within his own group but for many other CFR groups across the country.

22/09/2024

16/09/2024

A firefighter has died during a flood rescue in Austria, one person has died in Poland and five have died in Romania, police say.

10/09/2024

The Geoff King Award 2024 will be presented at the CFR Ireland conference for community first responders on Saturday 21 September. For conference details visit www.emergency-services.ie/registration-open-for-community-first-responders-conference/

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. Dr. Geoff King was the first Director of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) . The Geoff King Award recognises an individual, a community or an organisation or group that has gone the extra mile, gone outside their comfort zones, put in a special effort or were innovative in some way in strengthening the “chain of survival”.
The application process is simple. We need the nominators, name, email address phone number. Then “in 400 words or less why the nominee should receive the Geoff King Award”. i.e. what have they done to improve the "chain of survival".
Entries can be sent to [email protected].
𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒. The Geoff King Award 2024 will be presented at Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC)

09/09/2024

The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) Research Committee will host this year’s conference once again in the Glenroyal Hotel & Leisure Club, Maynooth, Co. Kildare on Wednesday 13 November, with a pre-conference evening event taking place on Tuesday 12 November. All abstract submissions must be made by Friday 13 September.

This year’s ‘Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Research in Ireland’ Conference returns on Wednesday 13 November, following the success of the inaugural conference ...

08/09/2024

29/08/2024

Carlow County Fire & Rescue Service has rolled out the first fire engine in the world that combines state-of-the-art software with hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO).

Firefighters are getting set to climb aboard the first emergency service vehicle, powered by the green fuel HVO, in early September. The engine was built locally over a six-month period by Tullow firm HPMP Fire Ltd.

The rollout ties in with Carlow County Council’s Climate Action Plan, which aims to reduce carbon emissions by 51% and increase energy efficiency in the public sector to 50% by 2030.

The first fire engine in the world which combines state-of-the-art software with hydrotreated vegetable oil has been rolled out by Carlow Fire Service, with ...

15/08/2024

Today marked the official launch of this year's National Services Day - Ireland which takes place nationwide on Saturday 14 September👍Pictured in Dublin Castle - Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform; Aidan Hanna, Chairperson of the National Services Day Board/Committee; and Lord Mayor of Dublin James Geoghegan with members of the
RNLI Order of Malta Irish Red Cross Óglaigh na hÉireann / Irish Defence Forces An Garda Síochána National Ambulance Service (NAS) Civil Defence Ireland Water Safety Ireland Search and Rescue Dog Association (Ireland) Dublin Fire Brigade Blood Bikes East Irish Prison Service BUMBLEance Children's Ambulance Service

01/08/2024

RESPOND 2024 IS JUST THE TICKET FOR COMMUNITY FIRST RESPONDERS!
Tickets are now available for Respond 2024 Conference and Exhibition https://ti.to/cfr/respond2024 Irish Heart Foundation Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) National Ambulance Service (NAS) EireMed Oxygen Care SADS Chain of Survival CFR Ireland

Registration is now open for Respond 2024 – the conference for all Community First Responders in Ireland – which returns on Saturday 21 September and will b ...

30/07/2024

Our last, in the current series of volunteer management webinars, titled "𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞" is on Wednesday, July 31st 2024, 7-9pm. 𝐆𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧? 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. As these are interactive webinars, places are limited and pre-registration (which is free) is required. Details for registration are in last month’s member’s email. If you have already registered and cannot attend, please cancel your registration to allow members on the waiting list to attend. Webinars are presented by Stuart Garland. Stuart is the Learning and Capacity Building Manager with Volunteer Ireland.