Ardara Cardiac First Responders

22/02/2026

19/02/2026

Ardara Community First Responders would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the PFA (Poor Farmers Association) and St. Mary’s Primary School for their incredibly generous donations. Thanks to your support, we have been able to purchase 12 new defibrillators and additional training equipment for our community.
These new public access defibrillators will replace the existing units across the area and come with a 5-year lifespan on batteries and pads, helping to ensure reliable, life-saving equipment is available when it is needed most.

The Covid-19 pandemic was a particularly challenging time for many CFR groups, and bringing new volunteers to ‘live’ response status can be a long and demanding process. However, we have been working hard behind the scenes to rebuild and strengthen our group. We are proud to currently have six trained volunteers ready to respond to specific category calls when alerted by the National Ambulance Service, and we look forward to continuing to grow our team over the coming year.

Your kindness and community spirit make a real difference.
Thank you for helping us keep Ardara safe. ❤️

09/12/2025

Keep safe Ardara CFR's

𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬. Stormy and severe weather conditions any occurring more frequently. However, Community First Responders should not become complacent.
"Scene Safety" for 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬 begins went we make ourselves available to go on emergency calls. Met Eireann have issued a 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 for certain areas of the country. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡, 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬. Please take extreme care when leaving your home and travelling on roads as there may be many hazards present, such as downed tress and power lines, damaged road surfaces, debris, unstable structures and localised flooding. Should driving conditions or a scene become unsafe, you should stand down from the call, head to safety immediately and inform Ambulance control that you have done so.

03/10/2025

As per NAS instructions all Donegal Community First Responders are Stood down as of 1600hrs this afternoon until 0600 hrs tomorrow morning, this is due to the weather warning in place at the moment. We will let you know of any change. Be safe out there.