Howth CG were tasked tonight at 22.41 to investigate the sighting of a red flare over the Sutton/Howth area, reported by a person in Sandymount. Two team members searched the coastline from Sutton Creek to the Baily lighthouse and reported nothing found. Weather and visibility conditions were good. The team was stood down by MRCC […]
Howth CG boat ‘Grainne‘ was out on Lifejacket compliance monitoring patrol today. Weather conditions were good and Grainne visited Dun Laoghaire harbour and Dublin Bay. Lifejackets were worn on all vessels which required them except one. The skipper of the non compliant vessel was informed of the regulations and his obligations under the Merchant Shipping(Pleasure […]
Wednesday night of this week saw the team train in vertical rescue, on the horizontal! The team gathered with vehicles and cliff rescue equipment on the grass area of the east pier. It is important to train in all aspects of cliff rescue regularly as the more irregular unused methods need as much attention as […]
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Howth CG unit were tasked tonight at 23.20 to investigate a report of a car in the water on Dollymount beach. Two members of the unit went to the scene. On arriving they were met by units of the Dublin Fire Brigade who had assertained that the car was not in the water but at […]
The Northside People newspaper has recently covered a number of stories from the Howth unit. In this weeks paper the training exercise in Donabate last weekend has been featured.
DAY-TRIPPERS to the Portrane area last Sunday week (May 7) could have been forgiven for thinking they were caught up in the middle of a major disaster. […]
Update 1837hrs 16/05/06: Nothing further was found during the search and the team stood down at 2140hrs.
Following the report of a blood stained towel spotted at the Baily Lighthouse by two joggers the Howth unit 4×4 jeep went to investigate the location. On discovery of the towel a decision was made to report it to […]
While out on the cliff path, a member of the Howth Coast Guard team discovered a Polish man at ‘Balscadden’ in the middle of a suspected heart attack. Rescue services were alerted, and the Howth Coast Guard 4×4 Jeep arrived on-scene with first-aid equipment and opened the overhead barriers allowing the ambulance road access right […]
Howth CG boat launched today at 12.00 to attend the blessing of the boats at Clontarf Yacht Club. The Unit’s 4×4 and van were in attendance on shore. The YC also treated some local special needs kids to trips out in the yachts which they enjoyed immensely in spite of the ‘damp’ conditions. The CG […]
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18 members of Howth CG Unit were involved in a major SAR incident exercise last weekend. The exercise involved Fire, Rescue, Ambulance and Water units from the Civil Defence alongside the Coast Guard units from Howth and Skerries. Up to 150 rescue personnel were involved searching for about 50 casualties. The Civil Defence had set […]
Howth Coast Guard Van & Jeep have been fitted with new reflective stripes to match the rest of the Irish Coast Guard vehicle fleet. The side stripes have changed from deep-orange/yellow to reflective ‘dayglow’ yellow with blue reflective bands on either side.
While the jeep was finished by lunch yesterday, the van is still being completed […]
