This evening, the volunteers of Skerries Coast Guard were out in force for routine night search training at Red Island, Skerries. The scenario was centred around a shoreline and scrub land search for a missing person. Weather conditions throughout the search were very good and the “casualty” was successfully located near the Springers.
The training also covered a practical demonstration in the use of the team’s night vision equipment.
This morning the Skerries Coast Guard team took part in routine training with the Irish Coast Guard helicopter EI-MES. The landing site selected was at Red Island, Skerries and conditions on scene were excellent.
The unusual Easterly wind provided for a challenging landing approach from the South of the Martello Tower and as always the crew of EI-MES performed an admirable job.
The Skerries Coast Guard crew were given a full ground briefing on helicopter operations, including winching techniques, equipment, communications, disembarking procedures and landing sites.
All of the Skerries Coast Guard crew also took part in a flight around the area.
Earlier tonight the Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a scenario based training exercise on Red Island in Skerries. The training scenario involved Coast Guard volunteers assessing, stabilising and moving a casualty, conducting scene management and VHF communication.
