Dublin Civil Defence took part in the aircraft crash simulation exercise in Fairyhouse today.
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Dublin Civil Defence was operation in Finglas today to continue the search for Thomas Kennedy. We had 68 members involved in the search along with 132 casual volunteers.
Special Thanks to the Community in Finglas that turned up in large numbers and to the local business that supplied refreshments.
CDO and ACDO's.
“Thomas was last seen in the Virginia Park area, Finglas, at approximately 9pm on Tuesday 29th July 2014. Approximately 5ft 4” in height, of slim build with short grey hair, Thomas was wearing a black rain jacket with a hood, short sleeved white and blue polo shirt, dark chino style trousers, black shoes with a velcro fastener and no laces. Thomas wears glasses and a watch.”
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Well done to DCD volunteers from Central AFS for completing the Four Peaks Challenge for the Lauralynn Children's Hospice.
Below the presentation of a cheque for €2857.00 to the Laura Lynn Foundation by Central AFS.
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26th Day of search for missing person Thomas Kennedy from Finglas. 51 volunteers from Dublin Civil Defence on search assisted by water rescue and K9 unit. Another great turnout, well done to all.
CDO and ACDO's
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Dublin Central Rescue is heading west this weekend to join up with Mayo Civil Defence, Mayo Mountain Rescue, Irish Coast Guard, the Air Corps, Gardai, the Order of Malta and over 600 local volunteers to provide medical and rescue support for the annual Reek Sunday Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage normally attracts over 20’000 participants that make the 2 hour climb to the top of the 762m high peak, a tradition that stretches back over 5’000 years. The “Reek” annually attracts over 1 million visitors, some even undertake the journey to the top barefoot as an act of pennants.
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Dublin Civil Defence crews will be providing Fire & First Aid cover at the following areas tonight as part of the community Halloween festivities; Kilbarrack, Edenmore, Darndale, Finglas, Ballymun
We will also be providing Safety and First Aid cover at Tallaght and Clondalkin.
Please be safe and be smart this Hallowe’en
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Following an overwhelming applications process we have over 150 people who have declared an interest in joining Dublin Civil Defence, the first 60 applicants on this list will be processed early November and the remainder contacted directly in order on the list.
Thanks to all who applied and please contact us on (01)6772699 to find out your position on the list or to apply to join if you have not already done so
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Following an overwhelming applications process we have over 150 people who have declared an interest in joining Dublin Civil Defence, the first 60 applicants on this list will be processed early November and the remainder contacted directly in order on the list.
Thanks to all who applied and please contact us on (01)6772699 to find out your position on the list or to apply to join if you have not already done so.
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Mr. James McConnell took up the post of Dublin CDO yesterday. James has a long experience in Civil Defence, having been in the Casualty and Rescue Services in Dublin Civil Defence as a volunteer, then officer and instructor. More recently he was CDO for County Louth, he is also well known in the Health and Safety area. We look forward to James’s input to develop DCD still further.
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Members from Dublin Civil Defence will be taking part in the 4th annual Emergency Services Swim, hosted by Howth Coast Guard and money raised will go towards the work of Pieta House(click link for details)
The 1km swim takes place from Claremont Beach in Howth on Friday 10th August and registration is €10. Anybody interested in taking part should contact charityswimrace@gmail.com , the swim is open to male and female members of the Emergency Services and ES support organisations such as Civil Defence, the RNLI, Coast Guard, Air Corps, HSE and Lifeguards.
For more information see the page on Howth Coast Guard’s Website
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Dublin Civil Defence will be hosting an induction night on the 16th February for anyone interested in joining us in 2012.
The session starts at 7:30pm in Civil Defence Headquarters, Wolfe Tone Quay, Dublin 7 and is open to anyone interested in joining their local Civil Defence unit in Dublin this year. Duration will be approx 2hours and will consist of a presentation by one of the Civil Defence Officers, and an opportunity to meet some serving DCD members and talk about their experiences.
All attendees please ensure to bring a valid form of state-issued ID : passport, drivers licence/ permit etc.
For further info or directions please contact HQ on (01) 6772699
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From 10.00am on Sat 22nd Oct, until 8.00am on Sun 23rd, Dublin Civil Defence will be assisting at the Big Wheel World Record attempt at the Point Village in aid of The Bone Marrow Leukaemia Trust. DCD will be providing First Aid and Fire Cover for the event. We are pleased to be able to assist at this worthy event.
This event is being broadcast by Brenda Donoghue on RTE’s The Mooney Show
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On the afternoon of Friday 14/10/11 Dublin Civil Defence received a request for assistance from Dublin Fire Brigade. DFB were instructed by a Court Order to provide 24 hour cover at Priory Hall apartment block, due to serious fire safety issues at the development.
Central AFS that have attended all Sevesco exercises for the past 2 years and provided refreshments for the crews, worked over the weekend to provide refreshments at night time for the DFB crews. On Saturday night, due to rain a small tented cover was erected as the crews were just sitting in a Fire Appliance. This will be left in place until the cover is withdrawn.
From a DCD viewpoint this exercise provided good training for this AFS crew to supply support to Dublin Fire Brigade at a prolonged incident.
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On the weekend of 8th/9th October, Fingal County Council requested Dublin Civil Defence provide crews on standby, as major works were taking place on a crucial water main which would mean a loss of water in some areas.
A decision was made to use the opportunity to activate the Fingal LCC (Local Control Centre) and the attached Control Room.
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A large scale “simulated” flood exercise took place in Broadmeadow Estuary this morning. The exercise was under the direction of ACFO R.Hedderman Dublin Fire Brigade.
There was a large attendance of emergency services vehicles from DFB, Dublin Civil Defence, Gardaí and Irish Coast Guard. There were 3 cars in the flood waters with trapped motorists on the roofs, these were rescued by crews using DFB and CD floating “Airtrax” platforms.
Further casualties were located under the M1 bridge in the Broadmeadow River. Rescue crews from all of the rescue agencies worked together to rescue all trapped persons.
There were also 10 people trapped on the north shoreline,cut off by the flood waters, these were rescued by Civil Defence and Coast Guard boats.
The Coast Guard also organised a foot search of the north shoreline.
The Coast Guard helicopter carried out an aerial search of the estuary and then landed on the pitch of the rugby club.
All casualties were brought to a triage tent and checked by DFB advanced paramedics and a doctor, those requiring treatment were transferred by ambulance to hospital, the others were registered at a rest centre in the Malahide Rugby club and given a hot drink and food by Civil Defence.
The Dublin Fire Brigade Incident Command Unit was in attendance and ran the control of the incident, with the Civil Defence Incident Command Unit beside it used for regular meetings and updates from the senior officers from the 3 agencies in the rescue.
The co-operation between all crews involved was first class and useful lessons were learnt by everybody, it was particularly useful for the volunteers of Civil Defence and Coast Guard to work with the professionals from The Gardaí and Dublin Fire Brigade and get used to the Command and Control procedures.
Fingal Co.Co. helped in the setting up of the exercise and a number of senior management from the council were present to observe the exercise. This exercise came from a pilot project to look into a response to water related emergencies in the Fingal area, it is hoped to extend this to other areas in the Greater Dublin area in the future
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