Carrick-on-Shannon CFR

23/01/2026

Live or work within the Carrick on Shannon area? We are currently recruiting for volunteer reponders. Community First Responders (CFR) are trained to attend certain emergencies in the first vital few minutes before an ambulance arrives. If this interests you please send a pm to this page to learn more about joining our group

See the below link about what's involved with becoming a cfr
https://becomeacfr.ie/

24/10/2025

Massive congratulations to our local tidy towns group, well deserved win 🎉🎉👏 Carrick on Shannon Tidy Towns

16/10/2025

Bystander CPR in cases of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in this country increased from 60 to 84% between 2012 and 2024, according to the latest OHCAR Annual Report.



Download a copy of the report below ⬇️
bit.ly/46tMihq

22/09/2025

Over the past weekend, we had a very successful church gate collection. We are extremely grateful for the generosity of people in our community and in total we raised €2076.54. With this funding we can continue to provide more lifesaving equipment within our area of operation

Special thank you to the volunteers for your time and assistance over the weekend

20/09/2025

Have a listen to our treasurer Sharon Garland talking with Shannonside fm about the role of our group. We will be having a church gate collection this weekend in our area, please donate if you can

A community first responders group has been set up in Carrick-on-Shannon.They are a group of local volunteers that attend a cardiac arrest, chest pain, heart at...

18/09/2025

Thank you to Gerry Faughnan for the group photograph and articles in this weeks Leitrim Observer and Roscommon herald. If you would like to join our group please message this page and follow the below link https://becomeacfr.ie/

17/09/2025

If you would like to donate to our group to fund life saving equipment such as defibrillators please use the i-donate link below. Any amount is greatly appreciated and will go towards saving lives in our community

Carrick on Shannon Community First Responders online charity fundraising on iDonate for charities, good causes, and crowdfunders in Ireland

15/09/2025

If you would like to volunteer with our group please get in touch with this page, we have roles for emergency responders as well as other support positions in the group

If you would like more information follow the link below
https://becomeacfr.ie/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAM1UjhjbGNrAzVSHmV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeA80y3i70MbJqxncNE1D-Lc04yS9Y9qpT_Ln82qeoTU_XINxfbDlvj4toPHg_aem_AoPjD78Af9AK_uhDqpzlaA

Become a Community First Responder A CFR is a person trained to a minimum level of basic life support in CPR and the use of an AED/defibrillator, who attends a potentially life threatening emergency such as a cardiac arrest, heart attack, stroke or choking. Contact [email protected] today. Find a CFR Schem...

15/09/2025

Our role as a community first responder group is to attend medical emergencies such as cardiac chest pain, heart attacks, strokes, choking and cardiac arrests and to provide valuable support in these critical situations prior to arrival of an ambulance

To activate our group to an emergency, you must contact 999/112 and request an ambulance. We operate within a 5km radius of Carrick-on-Shannon