Monthly Archives: September 2013

Live Air to Surface firing at Gormanston Range – September 2013

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Marine Notice #41 of 2013

The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport has been advised by the Defence Forces that the “Flying Training School”, Irish Air Corps, will conduct live Air to Surface firing practices on the following dates:

Ranges active from:
From 9th September 2013 to 14th September 2013 inclusive;
From 16th September 2013 to 21st September 2013 inclusive;
From 23rd September 2013 to 27th September 2013 inclusive.

Time:       08:00 to 17:00 Hours daily.

The danger area comprises the lands of Gormanston Aerodrome and the Air and Sea areas contained within a radius of 3 nautical miles centred on Gormanston Aerodrome with an additional area contained within a segment centred on Gormanston Aerodrome and bearing of 015º degrees true, through Mosney Railway Station and 106º degrees true, through Gormanston Railway Station seawards for a distance of 10 nautical miles.

Surface area to be engaged will be the beach area inside the ‘D1’ at Gormanston.

For the periods whilst the Range is active the sea zone within the danger area is excluded to all vessels.  A Naval Service patrol vessel will enforce the exclusion zone.  The exclusion zone ‘D1’ is indicated on British Admiralty Chart No. 44. All vessels are advised that they are required to remain outside of the exclusion zone whilst the Range is active.  All vessels in the area are recommended to carefully monitor the Radio Navigation Warnings that will be broadcast during the firing period.

Aercorps AW139

The full text of this Marine Notice is available from the Deprtment’s website.

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

Reports of flares off Balbriggan – 10th September 2013

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Shortly before 21:00 last night, the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Operations Centre received several reports of two red flares near the coast of Balbriggan, about 4 miles north of Skerries. Concerned members of the public had reported two red flares fired in quick succession.

The Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a shoreline based search of the sea area with nothing to report. The Dublin based Coast Guard helicopter, Rescue 116, also carried out an extensive at sea search with its infra-red FLIR camera and searchlight. The Clogherhead and Skerries Lifeboats also searched the area with nothing to report. No further action was required and the teams returned to base.

Incident # 25 of 2013

Arrival of The Pole – Sea Memorial to Red Island

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This morning, the Skerries Coast Guard team provided an escort for the final leg of the arrival of The Pole Sea Memorial to its installation site at Red Island. The memorial will serve to remember all those lost at sea along the nearby coast and from the area. The pole is modelled on the original Coast Guard Breeches Buoy training pole, of which there were three sited on the Red Island headland many years ago.

The completed memorial will include individual plaques dedicated to all those lost at sea along the nearby coast or from the area, and will be unveiled by President Higgins at a public ceremony at Red Island on Sunday 29th September 2013.

Sea Pole Memorial work

Photo shows two Skerries Coast Guard members at the Pole memorial works site at Red Island.

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