At 16.40 Howth Coast Guard were tasked to Balscadden in Howth where a man had fallen on the cliff and required assistance. The team arrived quickly and assisted the Coast Guard rescue helicopter to winch the injured man to safety.
Dublin Fire Brigade were on scene and gave first aid to the casualty. Howth ILB was [...]
At 15.40 today Howth Coast Guard were tasked to a report from a member of the public that two people were in trouble on the cliffs. The team assembled quickly and went to the scene and searched for the casualties. Members of the public pointed the team to the location above Whitewaterbrook just north of [...]
Last night Howth Coast Guard were paid a visit by ‘D’ watch of Kilbarrack Fire Station in a continuation of the joint education scheme we are running with the local fire service. The District Officer covering the North Strand and Kilbarrack stations was also in attendance. Over the next few months all the watches from [...]
The team were paged at 0915hrs on Sunday to aid in the rescue of a casualty who had fallen from the cliffs at Balscadden car park in Howth. The casualty had fallen ~15m down rocks and into the sea before being pulled out by a fisherman who then called 112.
On arrival, the Coast Guard with [...]
Howth Coast Guard were tasked tonight at 1825 to a report from a member of the public of a youth clinging to the cliff at Balscadden Bay and in immediate danger of falling. The volunteers assembled quickly at the station and proceeded to the scene. The Irish Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter 116 from Dublin Airport was also [...]
Howth CG unit were tasked last night at 2150 at the request of the Gardai who were concerned for a man who was last seen at the Summit Carpark in Howth at 2100. Conditions on scene were not good with the wind gusting West force 8 and darkness closing in fast. The Volunteers assembled at [...]
Howth were out yesterday morning for some basic cliff training with some of our potential new cliff climbers. At the Baily we lowered and recovered climbers on on a basic two climber set-up to get them used to the feeling of going over the edge. From these exercises we choose our new cliff rescuers for future [...]
Howth CG were tasked today at 11.20 to a report by Coast Guard helicopter ‘MIKE ECHO SIERRA’ of a body on the cliffs. It had been seen while they were carrying out a winching exercise near an area known as Foxes Hole. Howth CG assembled and arrived on scene quickly and located the body with [...]
With no prior-knowledge, the team arrived down on Saturday morning to attend a regular 11am training session to find a full-scale exercise was under-way. At 1058hrs the team phone rang “Howth Coast Guard - For Exercise Only, We have a group of lost mountain bikers on the cliffs. Their friends have not met at their [...]
Last week’s cliff rescue has been published in the the local ‘Northside People’ paper…
HOWTH Coast Guard has issued a warning for people to be extra vigilant when walking near or along seaside cliff tops during winter months. The warning comes after the Coast Guard was called to a dramatic rescue last Thursday (November 2) in [...]
