DCD will be providing assistance to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service for the next four weeks. This week our Volunteers are at Finnstown House in Lucan.
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DCD provided Fire and Medical Cover for the Rovers v Bohs soccer match this evening.
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DCD provided Medical Cover for the Stoneybatter Community Family Day yesterday. One of the best Community events in Dublin.
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DCD provided Water Rescue Cover for a Sea Swim in Portmarnock today. Two ribs, our Tornado and Humber with seven crew between them on duty.
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DCD Tuesday night Rescue had a Search Training exercise for a missing person last night in the Phoenix Park and AFS Units from Nutgrove, Marino and Belgard carried out a large scale pumping and movement of water exercise at the Royal Canal off the Navan rd.
Well done to all involved in two excellent exercises with over 60 Volunteers participating.
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DCD provided Medical and Rescue Boat cover for the Pulse Triathlon at the Bull Wall this morning. We had our Polaris off road vehicle in operation on the beach.
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Swords Unit provided Medical Cover for the DSPCA today. Our K9 HRD was also in attendance.
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The new SOG’s for boating operations was delivered to 61 coxswains from Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath and Monaghan this evening in the Esplanade. These SOG’s will be delivered throughout the Country over the next few weeks. Well done to the Technical Section from the DOD CD Branch for a very informative evening.
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DCD provided Medical Cover for the Garden Party in Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday. Commander John Gold and Volunteer Adam Gold were in attendance.
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Dublin Civil Defence search dog Max with handler Mick out on Dublin mountains today assisting Gardai with missing persons search.
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Big Thanks to all our Volunteers that responded for the Misper Search last night. Great Response and a good outcome.
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Busy Day today with the 1916 Easter Rising Ceremony and the Leinster v Toulouse Heineken Cup Semifinal in the Aviva Stadium. Special thanks to Meath CD and Wicklow CD for their assistance today.
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DCD had a major exercise today with 71 Volunteers and 9 from CRS Northern Ireland. Great to see two different organizations work together in a very tough and cold environment.
Special thanks to all of the support team especially our Welfare Team for a very welcome hot curry.
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Big Thank You to the Work Party from Wednesday Rescue Unit for assisting with the set for our missing aircraft search tomorrow.
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Central AFS with world boxing champion Kelly Harrington at the NEIC triathlon today.
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Special Thanks and Praise to the Community Rescue Service N.I.
DCD had a two day joint training exercise with the CRS on the River Bann in Coleraine Co.Derry. A very worthwhile exercise using both our Sonar systems and looking forward to working with this group of Volunteers again.
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Busy St.Patrick’s Day for DCD. Over 90 Volunteers, 36 Vehicles and 3 Rescue Boats covering 8 Parades. Well done to all involved.
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52 DCD Volunteers took part in the pre-Swim Test in the Blessington Lakes this morning. The test involved a 150m Swim in very testing conditions. Special thanks to all that took part including the backup medical and our Rescue Boat crews. Our Drones provided top cover with our Inspire 2 with a 4K camera.
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DCD carried out a Search today with 3 Search Teams and 2 HRD Dog Teams. Well done to all involved in what was a tough search in extremely poor weather.
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