Category Archives: Training

Training with Coast Guard helicopter – 22 March 2014

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This morning the Skerries Coast Guard team took part in a training exercise with the Dublin based Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 116. Shortly before 10am, the Skerries Coast Guard team prepared and secured the landing site at the Red Island headland, Skerries. The Skerries team were joined for this exercise by the crew of their neighbouring station of Clogherhead Coast Guard.

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The Coast Guard helicopter was landing at Red Island to provide a training briefing to the crew of the local Skerries RNLI.

The landing also provided an opportunity to the local public to see the impressive helicopter up close and find out more about the vital service the crew provides. Once again, the Coast Guard would like to thank the public at the landing site who readily followed the safety advice from the Coast Guard personnel securing the site during the helicopter’s landing and take off.

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Skerries Coast Guard, Clogherhead Coast Guard and Skerries RNLI

A selection of photos from this exercise are available on our online gallery.

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary local rescue Unit of the Irish Coast Guard.

Training with Coast Guard helicopter – 2nd February 2014

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The Skerries Coast Guard team took part in a scheduled training exercise this morning with the newly launched Dublin based Coast Guard helicopter, EI-ICR. The team were also joined by the neighbouring station of Clogherhead Coast Guard for this first landing of the new Sikorsky S92 at Skerries.

The teams selected and prepared the landing site, this also included the deployment of orange smoke flares. The helicopter departed its base at Dublin airport and within minutes was on scene at the Red Island headland, Skerries shortly after 10am.

Heli briefing

Once shutdown was complete, the teams received a comprehensive operational briefing on the new Coast Guard helicopter. All Coast Guard stations around the coast would work closely with the Coast Guard helicopter on rescues and it is therefore essential to take part in regular joint training with the crews.

Further photos of the exercise are available in our online gallery.

Coast Guard S92 helicopter Red Island

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard

 

Joint Training with Balbirggan Order of Malta Amblance Corps- 11th September 2013

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This evening, the Skerries Coat Guard team took part in a joint training exercise with the Balbriggan Order of Malta Ambulance Corps. This exercise took place at the Skerries Coast Guard station on Red Island and included a detailed brief of the Order’s Emergency Ambulance. Many thanks to the Balbriggan OMAC for this enjoyable and insightful joint exercise.

Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard

Pyrotechnic training at Skerries – 21st August 2013

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The evening the Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a pyrotechnic training exercise at Red Island, Skerries. This involved the firing of several white parachute rocket flares. These flares are used by Coast Guard search teams during night time operations to illuminate large areas of the shoreline.

White parachute flare