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Each local authority’s retained fire service has been analysed in terms of recruitment, retention and the future sustainability of service delivery as part of a review by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management. The review entitled ‘Retained Fire...

The recent All-Island Resilience Conference was the first in a series of annual Disaster Risk Reduction Conference series, hosted by the Office of Emergency Planning at the Department of Defence and formed part of the...

The Hygiene Bank Ireland – the charity which provides hygiene and personal care products to those in need – is calling on the public to spread kindness this Christmas as part of their #ItsInTheBag Campaign by donating essential and luxury hygiene products during this...

Over €100,000 for the Irish Cancer Society Night Nurse service has been raised through this year’s Boots Night Walk, with customers and Boots colleagues taking part in the annual sponsored 5km walk and raising €103,516 through fundraising and donations. The Irish...

The VAT on defibrillators is a “tax on saving lives” and must be scrapped, the Irish Heart Foundation has insisted in its pre-Budget submission, with claims by the charity that the average cost of an automated external defibrillator (AED) - €1,500 including €345 VAT -...

Registration remains open for Respond 2022 – the ninth National First Responder Conference & Exhibition – which returns on Saturday 17 September to the Mullingar Park Hotel, Co. Westmeath. First organised in 2014 by CFR Ireland (the National First Responders...

As part of the Irish Air Corps centenary celebrations, over 50 members of the Air Corps will take to the road to cycle 750km between Mizen Head and Malin Head from 5-9 September in a bid to raise €20,000 for Cancer Support Sanctuary LARCC. A community-based cancer...

Cycle Against Suicide, the national suicide prevention charity that fights stigmas around masculinity and mental health, will roll out a series of events to mark World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday 10 September. Through a series of coast-to-coast cycles organised...

The HSE National Ambulance Service has been recognised by the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch (IAED) as an Accredited Center of Excellence (ACE) for emergency dispatching. IAED is the standard-setting organisation for emergency dispatch services...

Civil defence, emergency response, public safety and environmental monitoring applications are already realising the benefits of drone technology, according to a report on international best practice and future trends in drone technology. The report was delivered as...