Howth Coast Guard were alerted at 17.55 yesterday to a report of a person in the water in Howth Harbour. The team responded and attended the scene but the person had been recovered quickly by a tender from the yacht club and brought to the lifeboat station to be assessed. The person concerned made a full recovery. Howth stood down at 18.10.
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Thanks to all who came and supported the Howth Coast Guard car wash at the station yesterday. In all €1600 was raised and it will go towards funding Coast Guard volunteer Kieran’s trip to Haiti to assist in rebuilding homes destroyed by the January earthquake.
Thanks to all the volunteers who turned out to wash and to those who kept the teas and coffees coming.
Next stop The Summit Inn on March 6th. Watch this space for more information.
Kieran McMahon a volunteer with Howth Coast Guard is going to Haiti with the Haven Partnership at the end of April to assist with the building of new homes for the people affected by the earthquake.
To help Kieran on his way and to give much needed funds to the effort there is a car wash outside the Coast Guard station on Howth’s West pier this Sunday from 10.00am.
The suicide prevention work undertaken by Howth Coast Guard has been featured in the Emergency Services Ireland magazine.
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Howth Coast Guard were tasked tonight at 18.29 to a report of a person falling into the water in Howth harbour. The team assembled quickly and went to the scene. Howth ILB along with the crew from a trawler had recovered the casualty to the pier and the lifeboat crew then gave first aid as he had suffered a blow to the head on entering and was unconscious for a short time.
Howth Coast Guard volunteers stood by to assist and the casualty was removed to hospital by ambulance. The team stood down at 19.10.
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The team did its first Foot Patrol of the New Year on an icy Sunday afternoon around the Howth Cliffs. Care is needed on the main Howth Head cliff path at the moment due to the recent icy conditions and appropriate foot wear and walking sticks are recommended. The side paths down to the waters edge used by fishermen should be best avoided due to the ice and loose ground.
While on Foot Patrol around Howth Head Cliffs the team came across a tourist who was unable to get back to the main path at Balscadden Car Park. While walking she had descended off the path to the cliffs below and had difficulity getting back. Two members of team got to her position and escorted her safely back to the car park.
The Howth Coast Guard Volunteers have started a Work Placement Program with the Beaumont Hospital Accident & Emergency department. During the twelve hour shift two members will observe and work under the guidance of the A&E staff. The program’s aim is to improve Casualty Handling Skills and get hands on experience within a busy A&E unit to complement their existing first aid training.
Beaumont is one of 5 A&E hospitals in Dublin. There are 3,500 staff and 820 beds in the hospital. As the National Referral centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology the A&E sees patients admitted from around Ireland with Head Injuries. The Coast Guard Team will work in all the areas of the A&E ward from dealing with the handover from the Ambulance Crews to patient assessment in Triage to the Trauma Room.
The program will be run every 6 months giving the team the opportunity to refresh skills. So far the feedback is very positive, the ability of getting first hand experience of working with up to 30 patients with a range of injuries over twelve hours is proving invaluable and this will allow the volunteers in Howth to give an improved service to the community when called upon. Thanks to all at Beaumont Hospital A&E for their assistance in getting this program set up.
Howth were tasked tonight at 23.02 to check reports of a flare sighting over the Sutton area. It had been reported by a member of the public and Dublin air traffic control. A unit from the team checked the North side of Sutton and Portmarnock strand. Nothing was found after the search of the area and the unit stood down at 23.35.
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Volunteers from Howth Coast Guard were on hand today to assist at the Fat Turkey charity Hill Walk around Howth organised by Suttonians rugby club.
Today at midday, Howth Coast Guard responded to the upper cliff sections near Howth Summit, where a car and driver had sustained a heavy impact after leaving the path and sliding approx 100m steeply down-hill to the cliff edge. After locating the car the sole occupant was stabilised by paramedics and then removed from the vehicle by DFB and Coast Guard personnel onto a spine board while Fire Brigade vehicle cutting tools and Coast Guard high-angle rope access equipment was transported to the remote area by helicopter lifts and 4×4’s as a stand-by.
Once removed from the car on the cliff edge, the casualty was airlifted to Tallaght hospital by the Dublin-based Irish Coast Guard helicopter.
Thanks to the Dublin Fire Brigade, Howth Gardai, Garda Traffic Corps, the Dublin Coast Guard Helicopter crew, and local walkers who alerted the emergency services to the accident.
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