At 15:00 today, the volunteers of Skerries Coast Guard were paged to invesitgate an EPIRB distress alert near Skerries harbour. The Coast Guard’s marine rescue coordination centre (MRCC) had recieved the distress alert from the radio beacon, with the area near Skerries harbour given as the indicated position. The volunteers arrived at the harbour and located the EPIRB on board the vessal. It was evident that the distress alert was a false alarm. No further aciton was required and the Skerries Coast Guard team were stood down.

Incident #3 of 2010