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Portglenone Community Rescue Service

Posted by Cherry | May 19, 2017 |

Portglenone Community Rescue Service offer an invaluable service to local people. Although they are based in Portglenone they are often called to help other Northern Ireland teams for searches or training exercises. Recently the Belfast Unit enjoyed a visit from the police to find out more about their work. This week the Community Rescue Service welcomed ACC Barbara Grey, Superintendent Patricia Foy and Maura Muldoon to their Belfast Unit. This provided an opportunity for ACC Grey to learn more about our organisation and the role that we play within voluntary search and rescue across Northern Ireland, the work of...

Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Five Years On

Posted by Cherry | Feb 1, 2017 |

Portglenone Community Rescue Service recently shared this moving story on their Facebook page which emphasises the importance of their work. FIVE YEARS ON… Before starting out on their Saturday night safety patrol around the River Lagan in Belfast the volunteers from the CRS gathered at Lagan Weir along with the family and friends of north Belfast man, Joby Murphy who sadly lost his life following a concert at the SSE Arena in January 2012. The gathering commemorated the fifth anniversary of his death and reflected on their memories of Joby as a lone piper played. Following the lament the...

Portglenone Community Rescue Service

Posted by Cherry | Jan 6, 2016 |

Portglenone Community Rescue Service have been busy at the start of 2016. We are only a few days into the year and the team have already offered invaluable support in missing persons cases. This is what they recent posted on their Facebook page. 2016 starts out busy for the volunteers of the CRS. On Sunday (3/1) members of the CRS and Foyle Search and Rescue joined forces to take part in planned searches for a person missing from Derry since November. Teams were joined by a large number of volunteer members of the public. FSAR and CRS water teams...

Portglenone Community Rescue Service Needs You

Posted by Editor | Jun 22, 2015 |

At Ballymena Today we often blog about the work of the Portglenone Community Rescue Service who help to provide rural and urban search, water rescue and community support and education. The team is made up of volunteers and rely on community fundraising to fund lots of their vital training and to buy equipment. Portglenone Community Rescue Service Needs You Portglenone Community Rescue Service have been shortlisted as the Local Charity of the year by Sainsburys in Ballymena. Sainsburys say: It’s important we continue to make a positive difference to our customers’ communities, and our colleagues. Every year customers and colleagues at...

Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Training

Posted by Cherry | Apr 9, 2015 |

Members of the Community Rescue Service Water Team were in Roe Valley Country Park are training alongside members of the NI Fire and Rescue Specialist Rescue Team from Blue Watch. Lots of rain means that we can see rivers getting higher and conditions changing quickly over the next few days. The Specialist Rescue Team showcased the setup of their ropes access equipment. The Community Rescue Service team then were deployed for a exercise. Training then moved upstream where the team took part in practical flood response and river safety exercises. Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Training This is from Portglenone Community Rescue Service Facebook page: The CRS would like to thank Station Commander Neil McKerracher and the members of Blue Watch for sharing their knowledge and expertise with the CRS WRT and we look forward to continuing training with our colleagues from NIFRS in the...

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Portglenone Community Rescue Service

Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Five Years On

Portglenone Community Rescue Service

Portglenone Community Rescue Service Needs You

Portglenone Community Rescue Service – Training

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