Resuscitated child reunites with her heroes on Restart a Heart Day
The National Ambulance Service is participating in Restart a Heart Day today. It highlights how everyone can and should become...
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Ambulance Service welcomes new Community Engagement Officer
The National Ambulance Service have welcomed a new Community Engagement Officer to their team. A founding member and previous Chairperson...
GAA Launch Community Heart Programme
According to a recent survey, 42 lives across Ireland have been saved by Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) located in GAA...
Podcast: ‘Behind the Frontline’ with Ger O’Dea
Ger O'Dea is a paramedic and a Community Engagement Officer at the National Ambulance Service. In this Podcast, we interview...
Blue Light Summit postponed due to COVID-19 concerns
EmergencyTimes.ie and its event partner, Mayo County Council, have announced that the emergency services ‘Blue Light Summit’, has been postponed. The...
CFR call for strict penalties for those who steal or damage defibrillators
‘Locking up AEDs isn’t the ideal solution – you wouldn’t lock up a fire extinguisher.’ Following the damage and theft...
Outrage following theft and damage of AED’s in Wicklow and Louth
There is widespread outrage following the thefts and damage of two AED defibrillators units in Counties Wicklow and Louth over...
‘This has hit the Edenderry community hard and like any good community, it has brought them all together’
Ambulance paramedics, firefighters, prison officer and volunteers gathered in Edenderry today to help raise funds for a local family in...
Mark Callanan: ‘Volunteerism is at the heart of community engagement, and it’s one of the main elements which keeps my role turning’
Traveling up and down the Western seaboard, from Donegal to Limerick is an area known well to NAS Community Engagement...
Lots to learn and see at Greystones emergency services day
A family fun day of the emergency, search, rescue and voluntary services will take place in Greystones, Co. Wicklow this...
