Malahide Sea Scouts Blessing of the boats.
We wish them a safe summer season ahead. More details of their activities at www.malahideseascouts.ie.
We wish them a safe summer season ahead. More details of their activities at www.malahideseascouts.ie.
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25th April 2012 - Briefing received: "112 caller with chest pains, is near an aerial on Howth Hill, went unresponsive while on the call". The team was staggered out of the station to simulate a realistic situation requiring initial response incident leadership to be undertaken by senior members until an Officer in Charge arrived on-scene.
HOWTH HARBOUR, DUBLIN - The National Maritime Operations Centre (NMOC) recieved a phone-call from a concerned member of the public that a trawler coming into Howth Harbour in gale conditions appeared to be in distress in Howth sound.
A member of the Howth Coast Guard unit was tasked to make contact with the caller to get an accurate description, get a visual contact with the trawler, and try and identify the boat.
A visual of the boat with the same description was aquired east of Howth Harbour, identified by AIS, and contact made by VHF. The boat had aborted an attempt to enter Howth Harbour in the conditions and returned out to sea.
Conditions on scene: Rain and North East Gale force 8, occasionally strong gale force 9.
Incident 18/12
For the 2nd year running the Coast Guard are running a "Mayday" open day at certain stations around the country.
Howth Coast Guard station will be open this weekend on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th from 2pm to 6pm to show case the role of the Coast Guard. It's a chance to see the vehicles and equipment used and meet the volunteer crews. Kids water safety packs will be available to any happy faces that show up. This weekend Howth will also host the Dublin Bay prawn festival so there will be plenty of food and entertainment in the harbour and village.Incident 16/12
At 14.40 today (Tues 24th) Gardai requested the assistance of Howth Coast Guard and Howth Inshore Lifeboat who were tasked to reports of a person requiring assistance near Balscadden. The person was located by Gardai and accompanied back to Balscadden car park uninjured and Howth Coast Guard unit was stood down and returned to base.
Incident 17/12
Later that day at 5pm the team responded along with Howth Rnli, Dublin Fire Brigade, CG Helicopter Rescue 116 and Gardai to Portmarnock beach to a person in difficulty in the water. The person was rescued by Howth Inshore Lifeboat and brought to the beach before being transferred to hospital by paramedics.
Incident 15/12
Yesterday (Tues) at 9pm Gardai contacted the Coast Guard for assistance with a missing person search at Howth Summit.
Howth Rnli lifeboat, Coast Guard helicopter rescue 116 and Howth Coast Guard were tasked. Assistance was also provided by a K9 Dog Search team from Meath Civil Defence. Teams carried out a detailed search of beaches, cliff paths and buildings along the coastline. Before midnight the search was suspended until first light. At 6am today (Wed) all assets resumed the search until 10am. A further search was carried out in the afternoon at low tide. Unfortunately the missing person hasn't been located, Gardai are continuing to investigate.
Update - Sadly a body discovered on Portmarnock Beach has been identified as the missing person.
Incident 14/12