This evening the Skerries Coast Guard team called over to their neighbours, Skerries RNLI, for a training brief on their new Atlantic 85 lifeboat which arrived on station earlier this year. Several members of the RNLI team detailed the equipment carried onboard, including radar, radio direction finding, AIS and GPS.
Many thanks to Skerries RNLI for this very informative and enjoyable visit.
Skerries Coast Guard – a voluntary search & rescue unit of the Irish Coast Guard.
This evening, the Skerries Coast Guard team conducted a joint training exercise with the crew of Skerries RNLI. The exercise centred on the scenario of a stretchered casualty requiring evacuation by lifeboat from a remote shoreline.
The Coast Guard team provided the lifeboat crew with the location lat & long coordinates by vhf radio. The lifeboat then made its way from the Skerries boathouse to the scene.
The Exercise took place at the idyllic Barnageera Bay, 2 miles North of Skerries harbour. Weather conditions on scene were very favourable.
This provided both teams with a useful opportunity to test out casualty assessment, care, and handover procedures.
Overall, the Skerries Coast Guard team found this to be an extremely worthwhile exercise. More photos are available in our photo gallery.