Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Unseasonaly warm weather presents a simple danger this weekend, the cold water that many will enjoy. Cold is the greatest causation of drowning in Ireland, sea water temperatures are approximately 10° Centigrade and fresh water is colder than this. The…
86 maritime deaths between 2007 and 2010 may have been avoided if those involved had worn a lifejacket or buoyancy aid for water safety. This is the latest finding of an expert panel which has been analysing maritime accidents since…
Coastguards at Holyhead engaged in a frantic but fruitless search on Saturday after a distress call that was tracked to a stolen radio. Motorboat & Yachting reports that the north Wales rescue team picked up the automated distress call at…
Irish Water Safety (IWS) has launched a new TV awareness campaign to highlight best practice whether in, on or around water in an effort to cut the number of tragic drownings on our coasts and waterways. "Ireland is blessed with…
Bangor Lifeboat Assists in the Rescue of Five People from Stricken Speed Boat
19th April 2011 RNLI Lifeboats
At 2.10pm this afternoon lifeboat crew received a request from Belfast Coastguard to launch the lifeboat and assist in the rescue of 5 persons onboard a 21ft speed boat which had struck rocks close to Groomsport. While lifeboat crew assembled,…
The director of the Irish Coast Guard has outlined the thinking behind its recent €500m deal for helicopter search and rescue services. Chris Reynolds told Rotorhub that a simplified model based on key critera was adopted when choosing a bigger…
Holyhead Coastguard coordinated an extensive search on Saturday after receiving a VHF DSC automated distress alert. No casualty vessel was found. At 7.50pm on Saturday, Holyhead Coastguard received a VHF DSC automated distress alert, with no position and a search…
This afternoon, April 17, Lough Derg RNLI lifeboat Toshiba Wave Warrior rescued five persons and their two dogs on board a 24ft motor cruiser, after their vessel suffered engine failure, off Whitegate on Lough Derg At 15.49hrs on Sunday April…
Red Bay RNLI lifeboat volunteers saved two men this morning (Sunday 17 April 2011) after their vessel capsized off the North Antrim Coast. The two men were on passage from Ballycastle to Scotland in a 9 metre landing craft. Their cargo…
The British government could be ready to change its plans for the streamlining of the UK coastguard service. The Belfast Telegraph reports that while there will be no turning back on reforms, concessions such as closing fewer stations and keeping…
At 8.30pm on Friday, Liverpool Coastguard received 999 calls reporting that a 17 foot open boat had broken down with two people on board and was drifting off Harrington. Liverpool Coastguard requested the launch of Workington RNLI all weather lifeboat…
Irish Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 was on hand Wednesday to save a woman seen in the water close to cliffs near the Baily Lighthouse on Howth Head. http://www.afloat.ie/resources/organisations/irish-coast-guard/ SAR Ireland reports that the helicopter was on a training exercise…
Three anglers were recovered by the Kilmore Quay lifeboat last weekend after an engine failure on their vessel close to the Saltee Islands. SAR Ireland reports that three males were on board the cheekily named Crafty Bitch on a fishing…
Members of the publuc are invited to attend a major flood evacuation training exercise this Saturday at Broadmeadow Esturary in Swords, Co Dublin. Rescue and boat rescue crews from the Irish Coast Guard are sceduled to join teams from the…
Over 160 people attended the free sea safety evening held in Bangor, Co. Down on Tuesday night. Life raft and life jacket demonstrations along with video and slide presentations made for a fun evening with a serious message. With a…
After dealing with 93 people who were cut off by the tide in separate incidents yesterday, Liverpool Coastguard sent several rescue resources to three 14-year-old boys this afternoon after they were stranded on the sands in the upper reaches of…
