Cavan Civil Defence nominated for award

Cavan receives several nominations for All-Ireland Community and Council Awards

Published: Wed 13 Oct 2021, 9:39 AM

Last updated: Wed 13 Oct 2021, 9:49 AM

Cavan Civil Defence have been nominated for the All-Ireland Community and Council Awards for Emergency Response Team of the Year.

All Ireland Community and Council Awards, presented by LAMA, celebrates and recognises outstanding work done in local authorities across the country.

Congratulations to our finalists in the Emergency Response Person/Team of the Year category!
Great job @cavancoco @ClareCoCo
and @volunteerdublin!
See our full list here:https://t.co/AFFpdIVLFb #LAMA2021 pic.twitter.com/YmPxA1M10c
— LAMA CC Awards (@LAMAAwards) October 12, 2021

Cavan Civil Defence are vying for the prize of Emergency Response Team of the Year in a category against Clare Fire Service and South Dublin Volunteer Centre- Covid-19 Volunteers.

Cavan County Civil Defence was set up in 1950 and is a voluntary organisation which comes under the control of Cavan County Council.

Congrats to all our colleagues at Cavan Civil Defence, who have been nominated for the All-Ireland Community and Council Awards for Emergency Response Team of the Year #LAMA2021 @CivilDefenceIRL https://t.co/quEKHZf8UD
— Cavan County Fire Service (@FireCavan) October 12, 2021

At one stage during the worst of the pandemic last year (mid-June) the local group had clocked up an astonishing 2,500+ hours on over 450 deployments.

The volunteers were heavily involved in transporting patients, delivering food and medicine and, on occasion, flowers, as well as assisting with blood donation, and even delivering an expectant mother to the labour ward!