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Skerries Coast Guard featured on RTE 1’s Firefighters – 24th September 2013

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Members of the Skerries Coast Guard team were featured on tonight’s Firefighters program on RTE 1. The hugely insightful and popular Firefighters series follows the rescues of Dublin Fire Brigade as they respond to a variety of incidents around the capital. In tonight’s episode, DFB units based at Swords and Skerries responded to a vehicle incident on a shoreline near Loughshinny. Helmet cameras worn by some of the DFB crew captured the dramatic nighttime rescue.

All four of the State’s emergency services attended the scene (Ambulance Services, Fire Brigade, Gardai, and Coast Guard) and each contributed a vital element to the successful rescue of the casualty. The casualty was evacuated from the scene by Coast Guard helicopter, with a highline winch transfer used.

The program can be viewed for a limited time only on RTE Player

Skerries Coast Guard

Report of possible liferaft – 12th September 2013

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This morning, the Skerries Coast Guard Unit were tasked to investigate reports of a possible liferaft adrift near the shoreline north of Balbriggan. A vessel off the shore had spotted the unusual object and notified the Coast Guard’s National Maritime Operations Centre by vhf radio.

A member of the Skerries Coast Guard team proceeded to the area and inspected the object, which turned out to be a large marker raft. From a distance it would bear some resemblance to a liferaft. The object was secure and not adrift and no further action was required.

Incident # 26 of 2013

Remember – if you spot someone in difficulty along the coast dial 999 or 112 and ask for the COAST GUARD. Your call could save a life.

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