Dunlavin resident John Fitzgerald has been named as a winner in the Safety and Emergency Services category in the national Volunteer Ireland Awards for his commitment to CFR Ireland and Wicklow Rapid Response.
A Community First Responder (CFR) volunteer for over 20 years in the Garden County, John epitomises everything that is good about community volunteers. Working on a local level and witnessing the positivity of his and his colleagues work, John decided to make their learning known on a national level and support other like-minded volunteers wherever possible. John set about developing a national representative organisation CFR Ireland to increase awareness of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and work closely with the National Ambulance Service to increase the number of CFR Groups across Ireland.