Become a Community First Responder

A CFR is a person trained to a minimum level of basic life support in CPR and the use of an AED/defibrillator, who attends a potentially life threatening emergency such as a cardiac arrest, heart attack, stroke or choking. Contact cfr@hse.ie today.

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OUR SERVICES

We Love Serving Our Local Community

First Responder teams are engrained in the communities all across Ireland, they are run entirely by volunteers with Support from the National Ambulance Service. These community schemes offer services such as:

Community First Responders

Trained to respond to potential Heart Attack & Cardiac Arrest situations

Public Access Defib (PAD) Programmes

Local community creating public defibs networks for use by the community during an emergency.

Community Training

Community & instructor training provided with the support of the National Ambulance Service to prepare the wider community for what to do during an emergency.