This afternoon, the Skerries Coast Guard crew dropped over to the Skerries RNLI station to attend the naming ceremony and service of dedication for the new Skerries Lifeboat “Louis Simson”, an Atlantic 85. Mr Leo Cody, one of the founding members of Skerries RNLI, had the honour of officially naming the lifeboat.
The Skerries Coast Guard team extends their best wishes to the crew of Skerries RNLI on their new lifeboat.
Photos of the event will shortly be posted in our online gallery.
Earlier this afternoon, the Coast Guard’s National Operations Centre received a report of a person possibly requiring assistance near Skerries harbour. The Skerries Coast Guard team were paged to the scene. The Dublin based Coast Guard helicopter was tasked to the scene along with Skerries DFB.
The casualty was quickly located in the area by all units and the helicopter winched its paramedic winchman down to the scene. After assessing the casualty’s condition, it was decided that a helicopter evacuation was not required.
Incident # 24 of 2013
At 11:00 this morning, the Coast Guard’s Operations Centre received report of two missing divers near Red Island, Skerries. The Skerries Coast Guard team were paged by the Coast Guard to assist, along with the Coast Guard helicopter from its base at Dublin Airport. The Skerries Lifeboat was also tasked.
The Skerries Coast Guard team arrived on scene within minutes. Fortunately, both divers had successfully made it ashore however one was in need of medical assistance. Members of both Skerries Coast Guard and Skerries lifeboat provided medical assistance to the casualty, later assisted by paramedics from the Coast Guard helicopter. The Coast Guard helicopter Rescue116 then landed at its usual Red Island landing site and the casualty was evacuated to hospital for further treatment.
Incident #23 of 2013