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Civil Defence - afs or casualty?

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  • 08-12-2015 8:50pm
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    garethoreilly
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    Currently a recruit with the Waterford City Civil Defence and I'm not sure whether to join the afs or casualty service. The afs is a bit of a put off because they don't do much but train apparently and rarely get duties. If anyone has any insight or opinions that would be helpful, thanks!


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    Harry Bosch.
    Registered Users Posts: 50 ✭✭Harry Bosch.


    garethoreilly wrote: »
    Currently a recruit with the Waterford City Civil Defence and I'm not sure whether to join the afs or casualty service. The afs is a bit of a put off because they don't do much but train apparently and rarely get duties. If anyone has any insight or opinions that would be helpful, thanks!
    Find out what duties / events both units attend. Who has the greater resources and training,what is the availibility of courses etc. I spent time in the AFS in Dublin and was lucky to get an Emergency Medical First Responder qualification. I also recieved driver and water awareness courses. We provided both fire cover and ambulance cover at swims, races, car races, sporting events etc. We had a lot of members from Dublin Fire Brigade so were spoilt. See what will benefit you and the unit the most.


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    discus
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    I paraded with one of the Dublin AFS units for 2 years and never even got a first aid certificate.

    Slightly off topic but why is there so much rivalry between the dublin sub units?


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