Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#RNLI - Kilmore Quay RNLI assisted four fishermen to safety in the early hours of this morning (Friday 8 January) after they feared their vessel was in danger from taking on water. The volunteer crew was requested to launch their…
#AnimalRescue - Northern Ireland coastguard teams raced to the aid of a dog trapped on a cliff ledge in Co Down earlier this week. As the Belfast Telegraph reports, eight coastguard volunteers fought their way across boggy ground to reach…
SEARCH & RESCUE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN HOWTH AREASEARCH & RESCUE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN HOWTH AREAWe are an entirely volunteer unit of the Irish Coast Guard, based on the West Pier in Howth Harbour. Every year, our team of 25 male & female volunteers respond to over 80 emergency 112/999 calls on the cliffs & coast of North Dublin.We are currently interviewing to fill trainee positions as Cliff Rescue Climbers, Coastal Search, and Boat Crew. No experience is necessary. All training, certifications, and the required personal equipment is provided.Volunteers are expected to live within minutes of Howth, carry a pager 24/7 to be available for callouts, and attend weekly training. We are seeking long-term commitments and a considerable amount of your time.For more information, email [email protected]before applications close
Posted by Howth Coast Guard on Thursday, 10 December 2015
Howth Coastguard Recruiting Volunteers as Cliff Rescue Climbers, Coastal Search & Boat Crew
6th January 2016 Coastguard
The Irish Coast Guard Unit based on the West Pier in Howth Harbour is looking for volunteers. The Unit is interviewing to fill trainee positions as Cliff Rescue Climbers, Coastal Search and Boat Crew. No experience is necessary. All training,…
Castletownbere RNLI Recovers British Adventurer’s Transatlantic Vessel Abandoned in Hurricane
6th January 2016 RNLI Lifeboats
Castletownbere RNLI has recovered a British adventurer’s transatlantic boat which was abandoned in a hurricane some 400 miles west of Portugal. In what was their first call out of 2016, the volunteer lifeboat crew was requested to go the assistance…
Marine Notice: Deployment Of Ocean Bottom Seismometers Off North West Coast
5th January 2016 Marine Warning
#MarineNotice - The first Marine Notice of 2016 from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) is deploying 10 Ocean Bottom Seismometers for a period of seven months off the…
#RNLI - Lough Ree RNLI received their first callout of 2016 on Sunday 3 January when a man living aboard a barge was marooned by a strong river current on the River Shannon in Athlone. The barge is moored below…
Swimmer In Difficulty Sparks First 2016 Callout For Skerries Lifeboat
3rd January 2016 RNLI Lifeboats
#RNLI - Skerries RNLI responded to their first callout of 2016 yesterday morning (Saturday 2 January) as they launched to reports of swimmer in difficulty off Rush. Pagers sounded shortly before 10am after Dublin Coast Guard received reports that a…
Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat launched to rescue a horse reported to have fallen into the Nenagh River and carried downstream into the Lough Derg. At 12.35pm today, January 1, Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat was requested to launch by Valentia Coast Guard following a…
#Coastguard - The Irish Coast Guard has had its busiest year since 1991, as RTÉ News reports. As of yesterday (Wednesday 30 December), coastguard teams nationwide had completed a combined total of 2,657 missions – an increase of 1% on…
The Shannon Coast Guard helicopter has medevacked a Spanish crewman from a trawler 120 nautical miles SSW of Mizen. pic.twitter.com/xdrKz5ALyT
— Paschal Sheehy (@PaschalSheehy) December 30, 2015
The Shannon Coast Guard helicopter has medevac'ed a Spanish crewman from a trawler 120 nautical miles SSW of Mizen Head, in County Cork, one of the extreme points of the island of Ireland.
Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Missions Reach 1,000 For First Time In 2015
28th December 2015 Coastguard
#Coastguard - Two callouts on St Stephen's Day brought the Irish Coast Guard's total annual helicopter rescue missions to the 1,000 mark for the first time since the service began in 1991, as RTÉ News reports. Sligo's Rescue 118 had…
#Xmas - The Irish Coast Guard responded to a surprising distress call this week as a man reported falling off his sleigh over Dollymount Strand. But this was no hoax call, as the Irish Examiner reports. And the VIP, in…
Marine Notice: Demersal Monkfish & Megrim Survey Off West & South West Coasts
24th December 2015 Marine Warning
#MarineNotice - The latest Marine Notice from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) advises that a Marine Institute monkfish and megrim trawl survey will be carried out off the west and southwest coasts of Ireland between 4 and…
#Coastguard - Waterford's coastguard helicopter went to the aid of three men and a dog whose boat was grounded on a sandbank near Rosslare Strand yesterday evening (Wednesday 23 December). As BreakingNews.ie reports, coastguard units from Rosslare and Carnsore joined…
The Sligo based Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 118, is helping to bring Christmas cheer to Tory Island off the Donegal coast. Nine (9) islanders who otherwise would not have got home for Christmas are this afternoon being flown from Donegal…
#Rescue - An elderly man with a suspected broken ankle was rescued from one of Northern Ireland's most popular coastal walks at the weekend, as the Belfast Telegraph reports. The injured man was on a part of the Causeway Coast…
