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Joint Exercise at Clogherhead CG & Incidents – 14th August 2013

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Clogherhead CG 14 July 2013

This evening, members of the Skerries Coast Guard team accepted an invitation from their neighbouring station of Clogherhead Coast Guard to attend a joint training exercise at Clogherhead.

During this exercise, the Clogherhead CG team were tasked to assist with a casualty injured on a headland near the station. Members of the Skerries Coast Guard team assisted Clogherhead CG with the successful extraction and treatment of the casualty.

Incident # 17 of 2013

Meanwhile, shortly before 22:00 the remaining Skerries Coast Guard team back at the Skerries CG base were paged to investigate reports of red flares sighted North of Balbriggan. The team conducted a coastline search of the area with nothing to report. Both the Skerries and Clogherhead lifeboats were also tasked to investigate the flare reports. No further action was required and the team returned to base.

Incident # 18 of 2013

Search at Portrane – 28th February 2013

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Shortly after 19:00 the Skerries Coast Guard team were tasked to assist Gardai at Portrane beach. Swords Gardai had received public reports of an adult male possibly requiring assistance in the area of Portrane beach.

A thorough search of the area was carried out with nothing unusual found. The Dublin based Coast Guard helicopter, R116, also carried out an infra-red search of the area.

No further public sightings were reported and all search teams were stood down.

Incident # 4 of 2013

Report of unusual lights off Lambay Island – 15th January 2013

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At 23:00 this evening, Skerries Coast Guard were tasked to investigate a report of unusual lights off the coast of Rush, 3 miles south of Skerries. A concerned member of the public had spotted unusual vessel lights in the vicinity of Lambay Island and had contacted the Coast Guard.

The Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a coastal search of the Rush area and nothing further was noted. Other vessels were operating in the area and none reported any difficulties.

Incident #1 of 2013

Remember – if you spot someone in difficulty on the coast, even if you only think that they may be in difficulty, dial 999 or 112 and ask for the Coast Guard. Your call could save their life.

Unusual vessel lights off Rush – 9th December 2012

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Shortly after 17:00 this evening, the Skerries Coast Guard team were tasked to investigate unusual vessel lights off the Rush coast, North of Lambay Island. A concerned member of public had contacted the Coast Guard having spotted what appeared to be an unusual flashing light onboard a fishing vessel off the coast. No other vessels were in the area and the light may have been an indication that the fishing vessel was in difficulty.

The Skerries Coast Guard team were on scene within minutes and observed the vessel. Using high-powered binoculars, the team were able to conclude that the light was an intermittent working light on the deck of the vessel and no further action was required.

Incident # 14 of 2012

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