Search & Rescue, Water Safety - News from the Marine Safety Agencies
#COASTGUARD - The Irish Coast Guard marked the 10th anniversary of search and rescue (SAR) operations at Waterford Airport recently. As Waterford News reports, Irish Coast Guard director Chris Reynolds spoke at the special event on 10 May, commending the…
#RNLI – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat was launched to investigate a possible missing person/s after a lakeboat was found adrift towards the northern end of the lake this afternoon. On the return journey, the lifeboat was diverted to Scarriff Bay…
#RNLI – Lough Derg RNLI Lifeboat rescued two people on board a sinking 40ft vessel holed after it hit rocks yesterday. At 16.44hrs the lifeboat launched following a request by Valentia Coast Guard. The lifeboat with helm Eleanor Hooker, Lian…
#RESCUE - The Irish Times reports that two people were rescued from a cruiser that ran aground in an "enraged" Lough Derg on Sunday afternoon. Eyewitnesses on the shore at Terryglass in Co Tipperary raised the alarm after spotting the…
#RNLI – An unusual rescue for Baltimore RNLI lifeboat, the crew launched on Tuesday night to a sheep that was stranded on a ledge close to sea level for two days. Several attempts had already been made to recover the…
#COAST GUARD – Coast Guard skills were tested at the seventh Joint Search and Rescue Competition between the Irish Coast Guard and HM Coastguard Northern Ireland in Youghal, Co Cork, at the weekend. The purpose of the event is to…
#FERRY BABY – Belfast Coastguard is continuing to coordinate a search for a missing child who is believed to have fallen from a ferry in bound to Belfast from Scotland. Last night the Coastguard received a call from a ferry…
#COASTGUARD – Belfast Coastguard is co-ordinating the search for two people who were seen falling from a ferry in bound to Belfast from Scotland. Earlier this evening Coastguards received a call from a ferry reporting that two people were in…
#COASTGUARD - Youghal in Co Cork will host the seventh Joint Search and Rescue (JSAR) competition between the Irish Coast Guard and HM Coastguard Northern Ireland this coming weekend 11-13 May. The contest is organised by the volunteers of the…
#COASTGUARD - The Irish Coast Guard has ended its search for a ferry passenger believed to be missing off the coast of Wexford, as the Irish Examiner reports. The alarm was raised early yesterday morning when the passenger, who had…
#LIFEJACKETS – There were 95 maritime deaths in the UK in the last five years which might have been prevented if those involved had been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid. These figures were collated following the annual meeting of…
#RESCUE – Three men were rescued from an angling boat they had just bought when it broke down in the Menai Strait. Holyhead Coastguard received a 999 phone call from one of the men on board the 28 foot boat…
#RNLI – Within the past seven days crew from RNLI Bangor Lifeboat have launched twice to assist crews aboard two stricken vessels. On Thursday 3rd May at 10.40pm Belfast Coastguard received information from a concerned member of the public that…
#MARINE NOTICE - The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) has issued a safety notice for all users of Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS). Following an announcement by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) concerning potential display anomalies…
#RNLI – Lifeboat crew with Larne RNLI launched their all weather lifeboat yesterday (Wednesday 2 May 2012) following reports that a nine metre yacht was in difficulty east of Garron Point, off County Antrim. One of the crew was reported…
#RESCUE - A cruise passenger en route from Ireland to France has been airlifted to hospital by Royal Navy rescue helicopter, according to BBC News. RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall yesterday dispatched its long-range rescue chopper to retrieve the 83-year-old man…
