This evening, members of the Skerries Sea Scouts Colt group paid a visit to the Skerries Coast Guard station. The sea scouts took an active part in a hands on scenario based search and rescue mission involving locating a missing person, casualty assessment and transfer to spinal board. This gave the scouts a realistic view of the search and rescue role played by the Coast Guard volunteers.
The Search took place near the Martello Tower at Red Island, Skerries and was a great success. The scouts then received a water safety briefing and equipment demo back at the Coast Guard station.