EMERGENCY DRONES TO THE RESCUE FOR STATE AGENCIES
Irish emergency and armed services are increasingly turning to drones to assist in rescue missions and firefighting activities.
Author Archives: Grace Heneghan
MATER PRIVATE CORK ED TREATS 8,000 IN FIRST YEAR
The Emergency Department at Mater Private Hospital Cork has seen over 8,000 patients during its first year, treating a mix of medical, surgical and minor injuries since it opened in Continue Reading →
NEW ANTI-SMUGGLING SCANNER ROLLED OUT BY REVENUE
Revenue’s new mobile x-ray scanner based at Dublin Port will target and confront fiscal fraud, fuel fraud, cash and tobacco smuggling, and drug trafficking, while at the same time facilitating the Continue Reading →
FIRE SAFETY ON MINISTER’S AGENDA AFTER GRENFELL TOWER TRAGEDY
Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy will engage with all chief fire officers across Ireland in the coming weeks to discuss fire safety in light of London’s recent Grenfell Tower tragedy.
PUBLIC TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON THE FUTURE OF POLICING
With the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland expected to report by September 2018, its chairperson Kathleen O’Toole is inviting the public to share their ideas.
MEATH FIREFIGHTERS IN ‘RACE AROUND IRELAND’ FOR SOSAD
Eight firefighters from Meath are putting final preparations in place to take part in ‘Race Around Ireland’ – the ultra marathon cycling event around Ireland – in August to raise much-needed funds for Continue Reading →
EMERGENCY SERVICES JOIN FORCES IN AID OF TEMPLE STREET
Members from the Irish Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, Civil Defence, Dublin Fire Brigade and the National Ambulance Service will join forces in aid of Temple Street Children’s Hospital on Continue Reading →
CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS SUPPORT SEMINAR
A seminar on the WorkPositiveCI framework, which was developed by CISM Network Ireland in collaboration with the State Claims Agency and the Health and Safety Authority, takes place in May in Our Continue Reading →
DRONES GET TO THE ‘HART’ OF THE OPERATION!
Hazardous Area Response Teams around the country will have access to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV or commonly known as a ‘drone’) as part of the new HART Incident Ground Continue Reading →
LONDON WELCOMES FIRST FEMALE FIRE COMMISSIONER
Dany Cotton has become London’s first female Fire Commissioner, following the departure of Ron Dobson who held the position for nearly a decade, and after 37 years’ service to the Continue Reading →