Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
Irish Coast Guard & RNLI Issue Water Safety Plea as Callouts to Open Water Swimmers Increase
20th November 2020 Coastguard
Over the past number of weeks, there has been a noted increase in the number of incidents in relation to open water swimming resulting in increased demands being placed on SAR organisations including Coast Guard and RNLI. Over the past…
Wicklow RNLI lifeboat Station is pleased to announce that Mary Aldridge has taken on the volunteer role of Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM) following the recent retirement of Des Davitt. As Lifeboat Operations Manager Mary will now be responsible for managing…
Demand on RNLI Lifeboat Crews Soared as Summer Lockdowns Eased in UK & Ireland, New Data Shows
17th November 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
The RNLI says its volunteer crews faced an “unprecedented” summer as statistics reveal a big increase in callouts to people in distress compared to the same time last year. Based on provisional incident reports from lifeboat stations around the UK…
Kilkeel RNLI launched to the rescue a windsurfer who got into difficulty off Cranfield Point on Saturday (14 November). The volunteer crew set out on their inshore lifeboat at 3.25pm on Saturday as part of a multi-agency tasking that also…
Operations Manager at Wicklow lifeboat Station since 2004, has retired after 27 years volunteering with the RNLI. Des joined the RNLI Wicklow committee in 1993, becoming vice chairman in 1995 and taking charge of all fundraising for the branch with…
RNLI Appeal to Walkers Not to Try to Swim Ashore if Caught by Tide After Galway Rescue
16th November 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Galway RNLI's deputy launching authority (DLA) has appealed to people not to try to swim ashore if caught in a tidal situation while walking. Paul Carey, DLA at the Galway station, issued his appeal after the rescue of a man…
Promoted
The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG), a division of the Department of Transport, provides a nationwide maritime emergency service as well as a variety of services to shipping and other government agencies. The Aviation Manager will occupy a senior management post…
Dublin Bay's Great South Wall Closed Due to Tide Height & Dangerous Winds
15th November 2020 Dublin Bay
Due to the forecasted Southerly winds issued by Met Eireann for Sunday 15th and Monday 16th November 2020 combined with approaching high spring tides of 4.3m and a possible tidal surge of 0.45m which may pose a risk to walkers…
Just three days after the return of Newcastle RNLI station's D class lifeboat, Eliza, after a refit, in the late afternoon yesterday, Belfast Coastguard requested the immediate launch of the both the station's Lifeboats to reports of an overdue swimmer…
MCIB Report Identifies Lack of Planning & Communication Difficulties in Report on Deaths of Two Men in Sea Angling Incident off Donegal
13th November 2020 MCIB
Lack of sufficient planning and lack of adequate emergency communication were factors in an incident where two of three men on a sea angling trip lost their lives off the Donegal coast over two years ago. “Restrictive” procedures with the…
Book Launch Celebrates ‘Dauntless Courage’ & the History of Dunmore East RNLI
13th November 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
Radio presenter Damien Tiernan will lead an online panel discussion (Wednesday 25 November at 8 pm) with ‘Dauntless Courage’ author David Carroll and Dunmore East RNLI volunteer crew members. WLR FM radio presenter, former South East correspondent for RTE and…
Last Tuesday saw the return of the Bangor RNLI's Atlantic 85 Jessie Hillyard from her refit on the Isle of Wight, where she has been since February. Her replacement, 'Vivacious Atlantic' served the station well in the interim but the…
The Irish Coast Guard’s Dublin-based helicopter was tasked to the rescue of a swimmer in difficulty off Greystones this afternoon, Wednesday 11 November. TheJournal.ie reports that the middle-aged woman was one of a number of people swimming in the sea…
Fishing Boat Sinks After Collision with Cargo Ship Off England’s North-East Coast
10th November 2020 RNLI Lifeboats
A fishing boat has sunk after a collision with a cargo ship off England’s North Tyneside coast. The incident occurred at 3.40pm on Sunday afternoon (9 November) just under a mile (1.6km) north of the Tyne piers. The skipper of…
New Safety Bulletin on Dangers of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning After Deaths of Two Boaters in UK
10th November 2020 Water Safety
Britain’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a safety bulletin with lessons learnt from its initial findings into the death of two friends from carbon monoxide poisoning on a boat in York. The boaters died in December 2019 when…
Kilrush RNLI’s volunteer crew were called out yesterday morning (Sunday 8 November) to a report of a capsized catamaran drifting near Corlis Point on the Shannon Estuary. The lifeboat crew launched within minutes of the 11.30am call and quickly reached…
