Emergency Aeromedical Service an AgustaWestland AW139, based at Custume Barracks in Athlone, Westmeath. It continued to operate beyond the initial trial period, and was made permanent in June 2015. Emergency Aeromedical Service The Emergency Aeromedical Service (EAS) is a helicopter medical evacuation and air ambulance service based in Athlone, Ireland. Operated since 2012 by the Air Corps and National Ambulance Service under the call sign MEDEVAC 112, the service was redesignated AIR CORPS 112 in 2016. It is a joint project of the Irish government Departments of Defence and Health, and provides an advanced-paramedic response to patients whose location or clinical condition requires
War Emergency Radio Service to provide communications in connection with air raid protection, and communications during times of natural disaster. WERS licenses were given to communities and not individuals. One of the requirements for individuals to participate in the WERS was to hold an Amateur radio license. War Emergency Radio Service The War Emergency Radio Service (WERS) was a precursor to the civil defense and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service systems in the United States. At the start of the Second World War the United States Congress had suspended all amateur radio activity throughout the country. WERS was established by the Federal Communications Commission