At dawn this morning, the Skerries Coast Guard team held their first training event of 2009, a joint rescue exercise with one of the Coast Guard’s Sikorsky helicopters, callsign EI-MES. The Skerries team selected and prepared the landing zone at Red Island, near to Skerries harbour.
Weather conditions were favourable, with good visibility and freshening Southerly winds. All of the Skerries Coast Guard team had an opportunity to experience a flight in the helicopter.
Further rescue training took place on St. Patrick’s island, one of the three uninhabited islands off the coast of Skerries.
Once again, our thanks to the Dublin Coast Guard helicopter crew for a fantastic joint training exercise.