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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

25/10/2025

Members of our Welfare team attended a fire safety training course today facilitated by Carlow Fire Service. A great training experience in such a critical area of Welfare operations. Thanks to the training team for a very good course

21/10/2025

We had an excellent informative presentation tonight at our HQ on Emergency Management by Kealan McMoreland, Principal Officer at the Office of Emergency Management and former volunteer with Meath Civil Defence. Fifty five volunteers attended and were fully engaged in the discussion with some excellent questions and observations. Thank you Kealan for your time tonight and a great presentation

19/10/2025

Our Swiftwater and Flood Responder Instructor, Colin Coldrick was in Wicklow at the weekend for his Instructor recertification course. Well done Colin, keep up the good work

05/10/2025

The annual Longwood 3/4 marathon took place today with over 1,400 runners taking part in ideal weather conditions. We had two ambulances, two response jeeps and a medical bike team on duty. Thank you to everyone who volunteered for the duty

02/10/2025

Thank you to our volunteers who were on public safety duty over the past two days at the last of this year's race meetings in Bellewstown.

28/09/2025

This weekend saw the annual Dunshaughlin Harvest Festival with a great array of attractions for all ages in the town. Great crowds came out to support the event. Our volunteers were on duty throughout the weekend providing ambulance and medical cover. We also had two other duties on with the opening of Meath County Council's Thrive enterprise hub in the IDA business park, Johnstown, Navan on Friday evening and the Enfield stage of the walk4ollie from Donegal in aid of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made themselves available for the duties over the weekend

21/09/2025

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty today providing cover at the Clonard 6k community walk. Well done to all involved

20/09/2025

Forty eight of our volunteers attended a medal presentation ceremony in Maynooth university today as part of the 75th anniversary of the founding of Civil Defence. Volunteers from Carlow, Dublin, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Meath, Wexford and Wicklow were in attendance in the first of three events to celebrate with Volunteers from every county. Minister for State James Lawless addressed the gathering on behalf of the Minister for Defence and the government and thanked all volunteers past and present for their service to Civil Defence and their communities. Jason Kearney Director of Civil Defence in the Department of Defence presented a medal to each volunteer in the presence of officials from each of the seven local authorities. Brian Gillen, CDO gave a brief outline of the history of the awarding of medals to Civil Defence volunteers. Congratulations to all involved

14/09/2025

Despite the dull morning for the annual Scoil Naomh Èanna fundraising walk in Navan a great crowd turned out. Thank you to our Ambulance crew and medical team who were on duty for the event. Well done to all involved

13/09/2025

Thank you to our Ambulance crews and medical teams who were out early this morning to cover the annual Ratoath A.C half marathon. A large number of participants are taking part. Congratulations to the organisers and all the runners

10/09/2025

RECRUITMENT and INFORMATION this evening at 7pm in Civil Defence HQ, Moat View House, Mullaghboy Industrial Estate, Navan C15 X58P

Are you interested in becoming a Civil Defence volunteer? If you are over 18yrs why not come along on this evening to get more information on training opportunities with Civil Defence

08/09/2025

RECRUITMENT and INFORMATION evening Wednesday 10th September at 7pm in Civil Defence HQ, Moat View House, Mullaghboy Industrial Estate, Navan C15 X58P

Are you interested in becoming a Civil Defence volunteer? If you are over 18yrs why not come along on this Wednesday evening to get more information on training opportunities with Civil Defence

Address

Navan
MEATH

Website

http://www.meath.ie/LocalAuthorities/CivilDefence/, http://www.civildefence.ie/cdweb.nsf/home+page?openform

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