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Riverstown volunteer community first responders responding to emergency medical calls along with the National Ambulance Service when you dial 999/112.

Please reach out if you want to become a volunteer.

22/12/2025

Wishing all of our volunteers, supporters and the Riverstown community a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. Here’s hoping that 2026 is a year full of good fortune health and happiness for all. Wishing the best of luck to our volunteers on their first full year as Riverstown Community First Responders. Thank you everyone who supported our group to get off the ground this year - your support made all the difference.

27/11/2025

A huge thank you to Ann and Eamon of Tiger Print for generously providing us with these invaluable tools for our first responder kits - handy reminders and tools to draw upon when responding to emergency situations 👏 ⛑️
We are now live in the community and responding to any emergency calls in the greater Riverstown area.

04/09/2025

Last night, we held our “go live” training. This was the final step in our training which has consisted of many online and in person training sessions.

Thanks to John McShane Community engagement manager from the National Ambulance Service (NAS) for delivering this training and for his guidance and support in getting us to this point!

We were also delighted to have Melua back with us who has inspired us from the beginning of our journey having been saved by the quick response of his local CFR group in Rosses Point - really showing the impact that community first responders can have ❤️ .

We are proud to announce that 23 first responders have been fully trained in our greater Riverstwon area and will be ready for emergency calls in the coming weeks once we get our offical green light. Thank you to this dedicated group who have given up so much of their time to get this group off the ground 👏 .

Watch this space for our official community start date.

24/08/2025

We made the most of the good weather this week and took our volunteer training and practice session outdoors!

Check out some of volunteers modelling the new official Riverstown first responder high vis jackets and first aid kits 📸

Big thank you to Michael from Lough Arrow CFR Group for facilitating the training, Shamrock Gaels for use of their facilities and space and our dedicated group of volunteers.

We would also like to thank those who donated in the past which helped to fund the first aid kit bag for our volunteers, Marina Swan and Riverstown totalhealth Pharmacy for providing items for the bags and to Alex Byrne EIL for sponsoring the high vis jackets

We couldn’t do it without all of your support ❤️

Stay tuned for our official go live date in the community…

10/07/2025

A sneak peak at our NEW Riverstown First Responder Volunteer High Vis Jackets! This will help you to identify us quickly and add an element of safety and reassurance.
Thank you to Alex Byrne EIL for kindly sponsoring and providing these!

04/07/2025

Scenario training last night - this was further upskilling of our volunteers to help navigate different types of situations which they may come across common and not. This session was kindly provided by the Culfadda Community Defibrillator group - completely community led, a big thank you for your time and expertise and thank you as always to our passionate dedicated group of volunteers.

This was also a great opportunity to trial different types of training equipment, as we are in the process of purchasing our own training equipment such as mannequins and AEDs!

12/06/2025

We have been humbled by the support that we have received by our local community.

Yesterday, some of our committee members were presented with a cheque of €2460 - the remaining monies as a result of a recent fundraiser for the new Knockanarrow defib.

We will be using this donation to ensure the maintenance and continuity of the local defibrillators (replacement pads,units etc), training equipment and packs for our responders.

This new defibrillator unit, you may have spotted already is located at the Knockanarrow crossroad on the L1302 at eircode F52 XN66.
It is great to have another unit added to the community. This defib does not have a code and can be used on adults and children (green button child mode).

Thank you to the McGann family for having the unit on their property and supplying the electricity.

Thank you to Liam Brennan and Sharon Merrick for driving this.

11/06/2025

Another huge community effort. Thank you to everyone who supported this fundraising initiative 👏 . You can find the latest defib at the Knockanarrow crossroad at eircode F52XN66. The balance of monies raised have been so kindly donated to the Riverstown First Responders. We are extremely grateful and have big plans this year - watch this space. Thank you Liam, Sharon and Martin for driving this.

28/05/2025

Congrats Rosaleen on your award as best CFR coordinator 👏. We are so grateful for your help and guidance on setting up our own CFR group.

16/05/2025

A little snippet from our second round of training on Wednesday. It is all coming together 🙏

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