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