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 [...]
The training excercise today saw quad driving practice at Red Rock Martello Tower in Howth. The team use the quad as an intricate piece of equipment to ferry loads of climbing gear in its trailer to the cliff top area off-road. It is important to us that the designated drivers feel comfortable and stay practised [...]
Further report from rescue yesterday.
Howth CG were tasked at 15.16 today to a 999 report of a man stuck on the cliffs near the Baily lighthouse. The teams made their way to the area not knowing where the casualty was located. Two volunteers made their way down by foot to Whitewater Brook beach to locate [...]
1800hrs Breaking News: The team have been out since 1530hrs rescuing a casualty from the Howth cliffs stuck 40ft from the bottom. Confirmation has just arrived that the walking casualty has been recovered safely. The team are currently transporting their cliff rescue equipment back to the vehicles. A full report and further updates will be [...]
Yesterday’s rockfall rescue has been featured in both the Irish Times & Irish Independent today.
Text from the Irish Independent story as follows:
Youth (16) injured in cliff plunge drama
A TEENAGE boy suffered head, hand and ankle injuries after he fell down a cliff and was then struck by stones he dislodged.
The accident occurred on cliffs at [...]
This story was published in the latest issue of the “Northside People” newspaper:
Coast Guard involved in rescue drama
HOWTH Lifeboat, Dublin Fire Brigade and Howth Coast Guard were involved in a dramatic cliff rescue at Balscadden Bay, Howth, last week. Two members of the public fell from cliffs just under Balscadden car park on Thursday, July [...]
The team were paged at 1510hrs today to assist a woman on ‘Jamesons Beach’ on Howth Head. Arriving with a very quick response, members of the Coast Guard team discovered the woman had fallen 5-6m over the cliff edge off the steep steps descending to the beach.
Coordinating with ‘Rescue Helicopter 116′, the team evacuated the [...]
The team were paged today at 1728hrs. In a joint effort between Howth Lifeboat, Dublin Fire Brigade & Howth Coast Guard Unit - two members of the public were rescued from a cliff fall below Balscadden carpark. Howth Inshore Lifeboat dropped two crew members at the bottom of the cliff while a member of the [...]
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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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 [...]
