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Renault has donated seven Kadjars to the Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR), a charity that tries to bring emergency pre-hospital response and care to sites of emergencies in Ireland. Set up by social entrepreneur John Kearney in 2008, the ICRR provides vvolunteer emergency doctor cover for incidents across the country.
Six of the Kadjars are equipped with four-wheel drive, and all come with satellite navigation. Renault says that the total value of the donation is €250,000. The cars will be stationed in Clare, Dublin, Kilkenny/Waterford, Laois/Offaly, Mayo and Roscommon.
The ICRR Rapid Response Vehicles are declared National Ambulance Service (NAS) assets, and are tasked to life-threatening emergencies via the 999/112 system. ICRR also supports almost 200 other doctors responding to emergencies in their communities at local level. Overall, ICRR volunteer doctors responded to almost 1,000 calls in 2017.
Patrick Magee, Country Operations Manager Renault Ireland, said: "We are delighted to be in a position to assist this fantastic service which has saved so many lives around the country since 2008. It's an amazing operation and we know that by providing our seven Renault Kadjars, ICRR's reach will be expanded to so many more parts of the country. We wish all the ICRR staff who drive the new Renault Kadjars safe journeys on their missions."
John Kearney, CEO ICRR, said: "This is a big milestone in our journey at ICRR. I want to acknowledge Patrick Magee and his extended team at Renault Ireland for their help in assisting the expansion of this successful life-saving service."