Annual Report 2011 - Roscommon County Council
Annual Report 2011 - Roscommon County Council
Annual Report 2011 - Roscommon County Council
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Corporate and Emergency Services<br />
Civil Defence<br />
Mission Statement<br />
“To promote, develop and maintain Civil Defence as an effective<br />
volunteer based professional organisation providing emergency<br />
response and community support services.”<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> Civil Defence<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> is responsible for the Civil Defence service within the county.<br />
These volunteers work under the direction of the Civil Defence Officer. <strong>Roscommon</strong> Civil<br />
Defence is equipped with a fleet of vehicles, which include 4x4 jeeps, rigid inflatable boats,<br />
kayaks, ambulances, fire truck, personnel carriers and a mobile catering unit.<br />
Persons aged 16 years or over can apply to become a volunteer by contacting Mr. Ray Dunne,<br />
Civil Defence Officer at 090 6637100 or can request information via the Civil Defence<br />
website, www.civildefence.ie<br />
Services Provided<br />
First Aid - Provision of a first aid and ambulance service; Search and Rescue - urban rescue,<br />
open country search for missing persons and water based search and recovery; Auxiliary Fire<br />
Service - assist the retained fire fighting service if requested; Warden - Logging, monitoring<br />
and reporting of radiation activities; Welfare - provision of hot meals, drinks and psychosocial<br />
support. Provide assistance and care for homeless or misplaced persons; Communications<br />
– UHF/VHF and Marine Band radio systems; Assistance during sever weather. An Garda<br />
Siochána called on <strong>Roscommon</strong> Civil Defence during <strong>2011</strong> to assist in the search for missing<br />
persons in different locations throughout county.<br />
Training and Development<br />
Weekly training classes for Volunteers are ongoing. A Regional Exercise was organised by<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> Civil Defence on the 15th October <strong>2011</strong>, participating counties Galway, Mayo,<br />
Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim were exercised in various disciplines including Casualty, Rescue,<br />
Communications, AFS and Foot Drill. The <strong>Roscommon</strong> team participated in a Regional<br />
Exercise in Cavan the next day and were awarded first place in the casualty section.<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> Civil Defence<br />
Exercise - Search and Rescue<br />
Operations on Lough Ree<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> Civil Defence is actively engaged in new developments within Civil Defence<br />
including the following: Volunteer Register; Garda Vetting; Child Protection policies; Vaccination<br />
Policy; Health and Safety Policies; Water Awareness; Technical Rescue; Emergency Medical<br />
Practitioner; Driver Awareness Training; Manual Handling; People Moving.<br />
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