Chief executive of CRITICAL charity, David Tighe, said: “Behind every one of these calls is a person having one of the worst days of their lives and a volunteer responder willing to step forward.

Balbriggan CFR currently has 16 volunteers made up of Paramedics, Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), a nurse, First Aid Responders and people with no prior medical background or experience.

CRITICAL, which has volunteer groups across the country, said their responders have been tasked to a range of collisions in the last 14 months, ranging from collisions between cars, cars and pedestrians, and cars and e-scooters