We have added a new link to our volunteer recruitment page showing the Google Earth locations of all the other Coast Guard stations dotted around the country. Click here to view. (This link opens directly in Google Earth. To install Google Earth, please download here http://earth.google.com/)
This link is courtesy of the coastguard.ie site.
Skerries Coast Guard volunteers played host to a visiting member of the US Coast Guard, who was holidaying in Ireland midway through a tour of duty on board the USCGC Baranof in the gulf. The visit was very informative and enabled members of both organisations to swap information on experiences, training and each other’s organisations roles.
At the end of the visit the Skerries Coast Guard unit was presented with a USCG flag. Skerries Coast Guard would like to wish the crew members of USCGC Baranof a safe tour!
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Our flank Coast Guard station in Howth is organising a 1,500m sea swim at 3pm on Saturday 11th July at Claremount Beach, Howth. Teams from the North Dublin emergency services will be taking part, including the Irish Coast Guard, Airport Police & Fire Service, An Garda Síochána, Beaumont Hospital A&E, and Dublin Fire Brigade.
Members of the Skerries Coast Guard team will also be taking part in the race. The Howth Coast Guard station will also be open for members of the public to visit.
Members of the Skerries Coast Guard team provided assistance to their flank station at Drogheda with river patrols at this year’s Slane concert. This involved a combination of intensive foot and boat patrols along several miles of the fast flowing Boyne river, adjacent to the concert venue.
The event passed off without any major incidents on the river.
