Strandhill Community First Responders (CFR) are volunteers who are trained to attend certain types of emergency calls in the Strandhill area.

Our aim is to reach a potential life threatening emergency in the first vital minutes before the ambulance crew arrives.

Our role is to help stabilise the patient and provide the appropriate care including defibrillation, until the more highly skilled ambulance crew arrives on scene to take over the treatment. 

Strandhill CFR group are linked to the NAS National Emergency Operations Centre are alerted to an emergency in Strandhill and as we are community based, can provide medical assistance within minutes of a 112/999 call being received.

The group of volunteers was formed in early 2021 and after extensive training, linked to the National Ambulance Service Ireland on the 3rd of August 2021.