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Donegal Civil Defence wins at
regional competition
05.04.17
DONEGAL Civil Defence
were among the winners in this year’s Regional Civil
Defence competition and will now represent the
region in the national finals later this year.
The competition took place in the idyllic
surroundings of Hazelwood House in Co Sligo with
Donegal, Roscommon, Longford, Mayo and Sligo teams
competing in a number of gruelling exercises
designed to test their ability to respond to staged
incidents involving multiple casualties. Test case
scenarios included missing persons and flood and
mud-slide disasters.
Donegal Civil Defence proved to be worthy winners in
the combined services element of the competition,
while Longford Civil Defence was victorious in the
welfare element.
Donegal team leader Denis Gallagher said: “This was
a fantastic opportunity for members of different
units and sections to integrate and be part of a
team working through several different scenarios
which volunteers could be potentially responding too
and we in Donegal are delighted to have come out top
on the combined services element of the
competition”. |
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The Donegal Civil
Defence team competing in last Saturday’s contest
were Tiarnan Doherty (Carndonagh), Conor McCrudden (Glenfin),
Kirsten McGarr (Bundoran), Alice Duffy (Donegal
Town), John McGeoghegan (Carndonagh), Paul Dunnion (Ballybofey),
Paul Rooney (Newtown), Donal Bonner, (Stranorlar),
Aoife McLaughlin (Lecamy) and Denis Gallagher
(Burt).
The team also received an award from Sligo, the
European Capital of Volunteering 2017, for their
commitment to volunteering over the years. |
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