Meath Civil Defence

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Meath Civil Defence Civil Defence is a volunteer based humanitarian organisation dedicated to assisting the community

Civil Defence was established by the Government in 1950 under the Air Raid Precautions Acts of 1939 and 1946 and the Civil Defence Act of 2002

Training programmes include:

* First Aid
* Rescue skills
* Radio Communications
* Map Reading skills
* Fire-fighting skills
* Welfare and catering
* Radiological monitoring and sampling
* Search skills
* Water search using boats and kayaks

Thank you to our two ambulance crews and two medical teams who were on duty at this mornings 5k and 10k road races in Lo...
18/10/2026

Thank you to our two ambulance crews and two medical teams who were on duty at this mornings 5k and 10k road races in Longwood. Well done to all involved

Thank you to our ambulance crew and medical teams who were on duty this morning at the schools cross country races at St...
06/10/2026

Thank you to our ambulance crew and medical teams who were on duty this morning at the schools cross country races at St. Brigid's A.C in Ballinacree. Congratulations to all involved

Sunday last Oct. 4th saw the annual Longwood 3/4 marathon take place. This event serves as a final medium distance run f...
06/10/2026

Sunday last Oct. 4th saw the annual Longwood 3/4 marathon take place. This event serves as a final medium distance run for many of the large group of participants intending to take part in the Dublin City marathon at the end of the month. We had two ambulances and crews on duty as well as a rapid response team, medical bicycle unit and a number of medical response teams. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made themselves available and congratulations to the organisers and all the participants

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty at today's Meath Athletics event at Navan Adventure Centre. Well done to ...
04/10/2026

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty at today's Meath Athletics event at Navan Adventure Centre. Well done to all involved

We were delighted today to welcome cathaoirleach of Meath County Council Cllr. Sarah Reilly, Minister for Defence and Fo...
03/10/2026

We were delighted today to welcome cathaoirleach of Meath County Council Cllr. Sarah Reilly, Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee TD, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne TD, Ms. Gillian Toole TD, Chief Executive of Meath County Council Kieran Kehoe, Director of Emergency Services Des Foley, Ms. Cep Carty, Principle Officer Civil Defence along with several council members and officers and volunteers at the official reopening of our HQ following the devestating fire last December. Volunteers were presented with 75yr medals commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Civil Defence as well as long service medals and qualification certificates. Huge thanks is due to the contractor and facility staff of the council for the refurbishment work to get us back up and running. Class training programmes commence next week and a recruitment programme will follow shortly

It was a huge weekend in Dunshaughlin for the annual Dunfest Harvest Festival which ran from Friday evening with a parad...
27/09/2026

It was a huge weekend in Dunshaughlin for the annual Dunfest Harvest Festival which ran from Friday evening with a parade through the town through Saturday and today. Huge crowds turned out for the many and varied attractions. Our Ambulance and medical teams were on duty throughout the weekend. Thank you to all our volunteers who undertook shifts throughout the three days of the festival

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty today for the Meath leg of the Walk4Ollie in aid of Muscular Dystrophy Ir...
26/09/2026

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty today for the Meath leg of the Walk4Ollie in aid of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland. Well done to all involved

We had medical teams at two duties yesterday (1) the St. Finians pilgrimage walk from Clonard to Ballyboggan Abbey and (...
21/09/2026

We had medical teams at two duties yesterday (1) the St. Finians pilgrimage walk from Clonard to Ballyboggan Abbey and (2) Meath LSP "all about youth" event at the Solstice Arts centre in Navan. Thank you to all who volunteered your time

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty last night in Enfield for Culture night. A great night's entertainment fo...
19/09/2026

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty last night in Enfield for Culture night. A great night's entertainment for all involved

Thank you to our Ambulance crew who provided the medical cover at this mornings 7km run/walk organised by Scoil Èanna in...
13/09/2026

Thank you to our Ambulance crew who provided the medical cover at this mornings 7km run/walk organised by Scoil Èanna in Navan. Well done to all involved

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