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EU Civil Protection deploys medical teams to Italy
A team of European doctors and nurses from Romania and Norway, deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, is being...
Read moreDetailsCivil Protection MODEX exercises continue across Europe
Five full-scale exercises for Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) modules, Emergency Medical Teams (EMT) other Response Capacities are being conducted...
Read moreDetailsSix Paris firefighters face gang rape charges
Six male firefighters are to be charged over an alleged gang rape of a 20-year old student at a fire...
Read moreDetailsPARIS: Firefighters killed in gas explosion
Two French firefighters and a Spanish woman were killed in a gas explosion in Paris. France's Prefecture de Police says...
Read moreDetailsRomanian Earthquake Exercise – ModEX Part 1
Natural disasters have become the norm across Europe with over 200 people being killed in various disasters in 2017 while...
Read moreDetailsA mother's voice wakes a child before smoke alarm
A random study shows that a child will wake to a Mother’s call before a smoke alarm. The research was...
Read moreDetailsRescEU proposals are specific to natural disasters, caused by climate change
Natural disasters have become the norm across Europe with over 200 people being killed in various disasters in 2017 while...
Read moreDetailsEuropean Commission funds natural disaster exercises in Civil Protection
These exercises are Module Exercises (ModEX) where participants are given more routine and new skills to assist them with coping...
Read moreDetailsLaois Fire Service are red hot at rescue challenge awards
A lovely night for Lovely Laois as the county’s fire and rescue service were crowned overall winners in two categories...
Read moreDetailsCarlow, Meath & Laois make the cut at national RTC Challenge
Fire and Rescue Teams from counties Carlow, Meath and Laois scored the highest in the National RTC Trauma and Extrication...
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HEMS Paramedics undergo Helicopter Underwater Escape Training
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Tánaiste presents long service medals to Civil Defence members
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Tributes flood in for Cmdr. Jim Byrne RIP
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Funeral arrangements announced for the late Cmdr. Jim Byrne
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‘Every volunteer, past or present, looked up to Jim and admired him for the officer and friend he was’
