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Cliff rescue training at Loughshinny

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This morning, the Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a coastal rescue exercise near Loughshinny harbour, 5 miles South of Skerries. This centered on the scenario of the Skerries team tasked to search for a person who had failed to return home from a planned walk of the area.

After a briefing on scene, two search teams were dispatched to search both the pier and the beach area. As the search progressed southwards, the teams successfully located the casualty. The exercise then focused on the team assessing the casualty’s injuries and administering first aid, while awaiting the arrival of additional resources.

For this scenario, the teams were presented with the scenario of the casualty having fallen from the cliff top to the beach below. While the casualty was conscious with minor fractures, their suspected spinal injuries required full spinal immobilisation and evacuation to be effected.

The exercise was repeated, with the casualty having suffered varying degrees of injuries.

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Unusual object offshore – 27 May 2010

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At 21:30 this evening, the volunteers of Skerries Coast Guard were tasked to investigate reports of an unusual object, near Donabate beach. Concerned members of the public had noticed two small objects in the water some 300 metres from the shoreline and fearing that it could be two swimmers in difficulty, reported it to the Coast Guard.

Upon arrival at the scene, the Skerries team spoke to the persons who had first noticed the objects. The team observed the objects and having consideration of the local shoreline, determined that they were not persons in the water. No further action was required and the Skerries team returned to base.

Remember – if you spot something unusual and think that someone may be in difficulty in the water, dial 999 or 112 and ask for the COAST GUARD. Do not assume someone else has made the call.

Incident # 9 of 2010

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Search exercise.

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This evening volunteers with the Skerries Coast Guard unit were engaged in a training exercise on the south beach in Skerries. The training exercise involved a coastline search, VHF radio communications between search teams, casualty assessment, first aid and scene management.

Skerries Coast Guard Shenick Island

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Missing person search and rescue – 22nd Jan 2009

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This morning, the volunteers of Skerries Coast Guard were tasked by the Irish Coast Guard’s Marine Rescue Coordination Cenre (MRCC) to assist Finglas Gardai in their search for a teenage male who had been reported missing in the Malahide area. The Irish Coast Guard launched an extensive search and rescue operation, covering the coastline from Howth to Rush.

The Skerries Coast Guard team began their coastline search at 08:25 in Portmarnock, sweeping Northwards to the coastal village of Rush. This covered a varied area including river estuaries, cliffs, rocky inlets, scrub land and beaches.

Meanwhile, our flank station, Howth Coast Guard, searched the area South of Portmarnock, taking in Howth and Sutton. Two helicopters were also tasked to the search area, the Coast Guard’s own Rescue 116 Sikorsky and the Gardai’s Eurocopter Air Support Unit.

At approximately 13:00, the casualty was sighted by the Garda helicopter at Balscadden Quarry in Howth. He was treated at the scene for suspected multiple fractures and hypothermia by Fire Brigade and ambulance personnel and then airlifted to hospital in the Coast Guard helicopter.

Incident #1 of 2009

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