Training
Scheduled training takes place every Wednesday evening from 20:00 - 22:30 in the Skerries Coast Guard stationhouse at Red Island lane, near the harbour area in Skerries. All volunteers are fully trained in key search and rescue skills, including:
- 4WD driving
- first aid
- marine radio communications
- at-sea search techniques
- land based search techniques
- knots and rope techniques
- use of pyrotechnics
- night search techniques
- operations involving helicopters
- response to aircraft accidents
- emergency driving (when responding to incidents)
- mapreading and marine chart navigation
- powerboating
