An end-of-year party is the perfect excuse for hardworking employees to let their hair down for one night – or two, depending on how sound your boss is.
A Christmas staff party is a time to kickback, take a breather and for these Dublin Fire officers, save a life.
On Friday, the North Strand crew ventured to Co.Mayo for some team festivities and it was a case of being in the right place at the right time.
While ordering a drink in a Westport bar, crew witnessed a man go in to cardiac arrest and work-mode kicked in.
In a post published on the Dublin Fire Brigade’s official Facebook page, the crew highlighted the importance of Basic Life Support and early defibrillation.
One of the crew on scene was newly retired District Officer Peter Keating.
"Ironically, Peter retired only 2 days ago. You can take the man out of the DFB, but you can't take the DFB out of the man”.
Chatting to
Today FM's The Anton Savage Show this morning, Peter took his new hero status all in his stride. Saving a life at his staff do is "just part of the job", he said.
To Peter, and the rest of the North Strand crew, Happy Christmas! (Yes, this is our first season's greetings of the year).
