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Training Year End Night 2012

On April 19th Sligo Civil Defence held their training year end night for 2011 / 2012 training season which was attended by Director of Service for Emergency services Dorothy Clarke and Kevin Heuston Technical officer for Civil Defence Board together with 70 volunteers.

On the night a review of what happened in Civil Defence for 2011 was reviewed and the plans for 2012 were unveiled In 2011 Sligo Civil Defence volunteers attended 97 events equaling 580 volunteers and 556 hours of volunteering. Each year sees an increase in the demand for Civil Defence services.

Director of Service Dorothy Clarke and Technical Officer Kevin Heuston thanked the volunteers for their commitment in volunteering and attending training especially when there are so many demands on people’s free time.

A number of volunteers were promoted to new grades within the local organisation as follows:

Seamus Egan Commander for Casualty, Rescue, AFS, Communications

Annemarie Mitchell Commander of Welfare

Paddy Sheridan and Cathal O’Gara 1^st Officers

Patrick Kennedy, Delores Davey, Annie Feely, Margaret O’Connell, Marie Giblin, Ann Mitchell 3^rd Officers

William Powell, Della Lindsay and Marie Leydon to leaders

A presentation of 10 year medals, instructor certificates, EMT Certificates, CFR / OFA Certificates took place and they were presented by both Dorothy Clarke and Kevin Heuston

10 Year medals

• Marie Giblin
• John Quinn
• Peter Mc Hale
• Kathleen Henry
• Kate Henry
   

Instructor Certificates

• Delores Davey EFR Instructor
   

EMT Certificates

• PaddySheridan
• Delores Davey
• John Quinn
   

Ballymote CFR / OFA

• Anthony Molloy
• Michael John Haran
• Barry Clarke
• Adrian Brehony
   

Enniscrone CFR / OFA

• Peter Mc Hale
• Christopher Ormsby
• Shannon Wall
• Eamon Gilroy
• James Henry
• Brian Mc Cann
• Colin Morrison
   

Dromore West CFR / OFA

• Ronan Carty
• Martin Mc Guinness
• Mary Furey
• CarmelConway
• Josephine Marley
• Shane Connolly
   

Sligo CFR / OFA

• AustinJune
• Edward Burke
• Chris Kilfeather
• Brendan Mc Carrick
• Grainne Opates
• Aisling Kevany
• Noelle Kevany
• Tara Kevany
• Jamie Farrell
• Shane Monaghan
• Darren Gough
• Tiiu Mattis
• Kaidi Mannik
• Admire Ndlovu
• Claire Wynne
• Keith Mc Goldrick
• Sikhathazile Mpofu
   

Grange CFR / OFA

• Ciaran Dawdry
• Chris Dolan
• Gerard Shannon
• Stephen Shannon
   

Gurteen CFR / OFA

• Kyle Coleman
• Daniel O’Connor
• Kyle Lennon
• Karina O’Dowd
• Mairead Mulvany
• Karen Powell
• John Powell
• Noel Scanlon
   

The 28 volunteers who successfully completed their EFR Exams last May following last year’s presentation night were congratulated

The night ended with numerous photo calls and light refreshments    

- group photo with Dorothy Clarke Director of Service for emergency services and Kevin Heuston Technical officer with Civil Defence Board

 
- 10 year medals were presented to Marie Giblin, Kate Henry, John Quinn and Kathleen Henry

- New officers Paddy Sheridan 1st Officer, Delores Davey 3rd Officer, Ann Mitchell 3rd Officer, Cathal O’Gara 1st Officer, Margaret O’Connell 3rd Officer, Marie Giblin 3rd Officer, Annie Feely 3rd Officer
Front left Seamus Egan Commander,
Front right Annemarie Mitchell Commander 

Donation from Sligo Triathlon Club

Sligo Civil Defence boat team provided safety boat cover for the Sligo Triathlon Club during their training season in 2011 and during their race events. As a token of their appreciation Shane O’Doherty met with the Civil Defence boat team to present them with a donation for their dedication and assistance.

- Sligo Boat team members: Back row: John Quinn, Paddy Sheridan, Glen Horan and Dermot Quigley Front row: John Foley, Chris McLoughlin, Seamus Egan and John Fallon

- Civil Defence boat team members, Sligo Sub aqua team members (who also assisted with safety boat) and Shane O’Doherty on presentation night

Annual Regional Civil Defence exercise

Sligo Civil Defence have been tasked with job of hosting the Civil Defence Regional Exercise this year.  Date has been chosen and it will be held on 15^th September at Sligo Airport. There will be 5 visiting teams (Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo, Westmeath and Roscommon). Preparations are already in place, putting the senarios together for each site. This exercise allows volunteers the opportunity to test their skills in an almost realistic situation. It is a great learning tool and is looked forward to by the volunteers each year. We will keep you posted as the time gets closer.

Sligo Civil Defence have had 40 new members register this year to become volunteers and are presently in training each week learning new skills. Our in-house training term is coming close to an end and we are gearing up for a busy summer of events, where volunteers gladly give of their time and training skills back to the community. New members are always welcome and our training program will recommence in October. Contact the Civil Defence office for further information.
 

Regional Civil Defence exercise Roscommon 15th October 2011

Sligo Civil Defence team came third in a very competitive competition held at Roscommon Race course. At this exercise skills in First aid, Team work, Flood Defences and Communications were put to the test with the team fromGalwaybeing the outright winners on the day. Exercises like this are great for volunteers to test the skills learned in the classroom during the winter training program.

 
- Sligo Civil Defence Team 
 

Waterford City Civil Defence - Tall Ships - 30th July 2011

Over 400 Volunteers from 18 counties including Sligo assisted Waterford City Civil Defence over a 4 day period in what was a major operation for Civil Defence. Civil Defence were central to the City Council’s implementation plan for the event, operating under the Council’s Event Controller with a major presence alongside the Gardaí, Naval Service & HSE in the Control Centre co-ordinating the response to a range of problems as they arose from casualty calls to missing children.

Volunteers, vehicles and equipment were deployed throughout the event on a shift basis including 10 ambulances, 10 boats and 2 bicycle units and duties concentrated mainly on casualty/rescue cover, radio communications, stewarding and assisting the public generally and welfare at the accommodation centre. 7 radio networks were in operation simultaneously throughout the event, manned by Volunteers from various counties. The networks were established with the assistance of Pat Kennedy, Communications Officer who attended throughout to assist senior Waterford Volunteers.

26 volunteers from Sligo attended and assisted in the role of stewarding

The Chairman, Dir General and Technical Officer attended part of the event to view the extent of the Civil Defence operation and were briefed by the Event Controller.

Training year end night 2011

10 Year medals

20 Year medals

30 years service

40 years service

Instructor Certificates

EMT Certificates

Retirees:

Ballymote CFR / OFA

Enniscrone CFR / OFA

Dromore West CFR / OFA

Sligo CFR / OFA

Grange CFR / OFA

Cloonloo CFR / OFA