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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

04/11/2026

It is a great honour for us here in Meath Civil Defence to host this years Civil Defence Officers Association Annual Education and Training Conference in the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim. The conference was opened by Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council Cllr. Sarah Reilly and Chief Executive Kieran Kehoe this morning. There is a very informative panel of speakers over the two days of the conference starting with Mr. Carlos dos Santos Amaro a USAR specialist from Lisbon Fire Service

01/11/2026

It was a busy day today for many of our volunteers. We had medical teams at the Skryne cross country races and also at the cyclecross event in Blackwater Park in Navan. We also had our two boats and crews out training and a number of volunteers undertaking EFR recertification assessments. Thank you to everyone who gave their time up today

21/10/2026

Tonight's centralised training at HQ involved volunteers from all units taking part in a practical search skills training exercise. A good learning experience particularly for some of our newer volunteers from our last recruitment group. Well done to all involved

18/10/2026

Thank you to our two ambulance crews and two medical teams who were on duty at this mornings 5k and 10k road races in Longwood. Well done to all involved

06/10/2026

Thank you to our ambulance crew and medical teams who were on duty this morning at the schools cross country races at St. Brigid's A.C in Ballinacree. Congratulations to all involved

06/10/2026

Sunday last Oct. 4th saw the annual Longwood 3/4 marathon take place. This event serves as a final medium distance run for many of the large group of participants intending to take part in the Dublin City marathon at the end of the month. We had two ambulances and crews on duty as well as a rapid response team, medical bicycle unit and a number of medical response teams. Thank you to all of our volunteers who made themselves available and congratulations to the organisers and all the participants

04/10/2026

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty at today's Meath Athletics event at Navan Adventure Centre. Well done to all involved

03/10/2026

We were delighted today to welcome cathaoirleach of Meath County Council Cllr. Sarah Reilly, Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee TD, Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne TD, Ms. Gillian Toole TD, Chief Executive of Meath County Council Kieran Kehoe, Director of Emergency Services Des Foley, Ms. Cep Carty, Principle Officer Civil Defence along with several council members and officers and volunteers at the official reopening of our HQ following the devestating fire last December. Volunteers were presented with 75yr medals commemorating the 75th anniversary of the establishment of Civil Defence as well as long service medals and qualification certificates. Huge thanks is due to the contractor and facility staff of the council for the refurbishment work to get us back up and running. Class training programmes commence next week and a recruitment programme will follow shortly

27/09/2026

It was a huge weekend in Dunshaughlin for the annual Dunfest Harvest Festival which ran from Friday evening with a parade through the town through Saturday and today. Huge crowds turned out for the many and varied attractions. Our Ambulance and medical teams were on duty throughout the weekend. Thank you to all our volunteers who undertook shifts throughout the three days of the festival

26/09/2026

Thank you to our medical team who were on duty today for the Meath leg of the Walk4Ollie in aid of Muscular Dystrophy Ireland. Well done to all involved

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Navan
MEATH

Website

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

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