This afternoon Howth Coast Guard had the privilege of hosting a visit to the station by a very distinguished guest, Admiral Thad W Allen, head of the United States Coast Guard. The Admiral is currently on a visit to Ireland to meet with his counterparts in the Irish Coast Guard.
Admiral Allen leads the largest component [...]
DOLLYMOUNT BEACH - 20:45hrs Howth Coast Guard were tasked by the Dublin Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) to respond to two 999/112 calls by members of the public who spotted a potential person in distress in the water at nightfall off Dollymount beach in North Dublin.
A small team of members responded, and based on the [...]
BALDOYLE ESTUARY - At 10.05am this morning, Howth Coast Guard were tasked to Baldoyle Estuary where a kitesurfer had been reported in distress. The kitesurfer had lost wind power at the narrow mouth of the estuary and with a very strong incoming tide, was pulled through. Having released his kite, which was picked up by [...]
NOSE OF HOWTH - Howth Coast Guard undertook a training exercise at 10am today on the Nose Of Howth. Briefed that a yacht had lost power off the nose of Howth, taken into account the current weather, the team searched the cliffs for sign of the yacht and discovered 3 casualties who had climbed up [...]
On 23rd April a member of the Howth Coast Guard unit, Donnchadh MacCobb, will join the 6th annual RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat) Run from Kinsale (Co Cork) to Neyland marina near Milford Haven (Wales) in a sponsored endurance passage of over 300nm to raise funds for the Royal National lifeboat Institution’s, “Train one, Save many” [...]
Howth Coast Guard were today (Sunday 19th April) involved in a large flood simulation exercise organised by Dublin Civil Defence at Malahide Estuary in north Dublin. The simulation was based on fifty members of the public who needed to be evacuated from a flooded area by boat. A Civil Defence mobile control unit at the [...]
WEST PIER, HOWTH -Last night, Howth Coast Guard Unit undertook an exercise on the west pier of Howth Harbour. Members worked on 3 skill areas before short scenario combined them all.
Roped Stretchers - Moving stretchers by rope up, down, and across pier walls.
Confidence Lining - Protecting and giving walking casualties confidence on ladders and pier [...]
Howth Coast Guard were tasked this evening at 19.15 by Dublin MRCC to assist Dublin Fire Brigade in the rescue of man who had become trapped on the cliffs at Deer Park Hotel in Howth, Co Dublin. The volunteers of Howth Coast Guard Cliff Rescue Team were paged and twenty members of the Howth unit [...]
Howth Coast Guard were tasked this morning at 08.15 to check on a 30′ yacht which had broken it’s moorings overnight and gone up on the rocks at Sutton beach. A volunteer went to the scene and spoke to the owners. It was sitting upright and did not seem to have suffered too much damage. [...]
PRESS RELEASE FROM IRISH WATER SAFETY
THREE DROWNINGS EVERY WEEK* -
BANK HOLIDAY WEEKENDS PUT MORE PEOPLE AT RISK
6th April 2009
Thousands of people will enjoy Ireland’s waterways this Bank Holiday weekend but hazards associated with Spring tides and water temperatures averaging 10 degrees Celsius will increase the risk of water related accidents and tragedies.
Those boating over of [...]
