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Seamus McCann

Seamus McCann

Head of Emergency Response at DfI Rivers, Department for Infrastructure Northern Ireland; expert in community resilience and flood emergency preparedness.

Jul 6, 2026

SineadHOST
10:44
What does that actually mean? Well,
10:46
I suppose RCRG was born out of a flooding event.
10:49
Time moves on and other emergencies have come to the fore and it's trying to build on those communities now that we have established, which are very, very, we have some very, very good communities out there.
10:59
I suppose it's important to remember that in any of those events or emergencies that we talk about, We're talking about the blue lights or first responders or different response agencies.
11:10
But the first person on the ground is the local people themselves.
11:14
They're the people that are dealing with it first and foremost.
11:16
So we're trying to put things in place that supports them in that initial preparation or that initial response that might then help them further down the line.

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