Donnchadh officially joins the company today as a permanent member of Decisions For Heroes. Our regular followers will be familiar with his voice on the phone as he has been instrumental in helping with the on-boarding of new Voluntary Search & Rescue teams over the last year. You better watch out, we're now letting him loose on the National and State teams!

Donnchadh (Not of the Irish dialect? Don't worry about trying to say his name right, it's pronounced 'Dun-aka') joins us having held a full time position at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Head Quarters in Ireland. He previously worked managing training schools and as an instructor in many outdoor training centres. Donnchadh is a volunteer boat helm and cliff rescue climbing instructor with the Irish Coast Guard and has provided certified training to their crew and helms.

You've never met a bigger 'rescue geek'. We challenge you to give him 10 minutes with a photo of any rescue boat, vehicle, aircraft, or team - and he'll come back to you with make, model, base, pros, and cons. Dare you! His email is donnchadh.maccobb@decisionsforheroes.com (save in your address book - might be useful later!).

I speak for everyone and all our teams when I say we're delighted to have him on-board!