Loughrea Civil Defence Unit recruiting volunteer members

Loughrea Civil Defence Unit recruiting volunteer members

Are you looking to learn new skills or are you a partitioner looking to use your skills?

Loughrea Civil Defence Unit is delighted to announce that they are now recruiting for new volunteer members. Limited places available, for more information and an application form send Loughrea Civil Defence Unit a message on Facebook or email: loughreacivil@gmail.com

Civil Defence is a volunteer based organization that supports the front line emergency services. We also assist our local communities. Civil Defence has 4,500 volunteer members throughout Ireland. We have volunteers trained in each of the following services:

• Casualty
• Search and Rescue
• Auxiliary Fire Service
• Radiation Monitoring
• Welfare
• Communications

We support the frontline emergency services in dealing with severe weather, flooding, major accidents, fire fighting and searching for missing people. Civil Defence supports hundreds of community events throughout the year. These include large events such as air shows, tall ships, concerts and festivals, sports events. We also support smaller local events such as parades.

Civil Defence operates under legislation that includes the Air Raid Precautions Act 1939/1946, Local Government Acts of 1941 to 2001, various Statutory Instruments and the Civil Defence Act 2002/2012. Under the Civil Defence Act 2002 a State Authority known as the Civil Defence Board was established to manage and develop Civil Defence at national level. On 1st January 2013 the Civil Defence Board was dissolved in accordance with the Civil Defence Act 2012. The functions rested in the Civil Defence Board have been transferred back to the Minister for Defence.

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