The Original. December 1998 - May 1999.

This version was unofficial and was fairly small.

Version 1.0 May 1999 - February 2000.

Once official sanction was received, lots more content was added. New features included a guestbook and bulletin board, a humour section. The use of frames introduced in this version continued until version 3.0.

Version 2.0 February 2000 to August 2000.

New millenium, new layout. While the layout changed, the content remained fairly static.This version acted as a "Beta release" for the next one. It marked the transition from FrontPage to Dreamweaver as the editor of choice.

Version 2.1 August 2000 to February 2002.

This was almost the same layout as the previous one, with a different background, and much expanded content.

New features included a password protected section. Though the title said "No.3 Base", in reality by this stage it dealt with the whole county.

Version 3.0 February 2002 to March 2007.

This was the first "Laois Civil Defence" website, with its own domain name and sections for each unit. Due to career changes by the webmaster, development proved protracted!