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 [...]
The volunteers from Howth Coast Guard spent last weekend on their introductory training course for the new TAC 07 Coast Guard climbing system. It’s a new international standard cliff and heights rescue system developed in Ireland especially for the Coast Guard. It updates the present system using new climbing equipment and updated technologies.
24 volunteers started [...]
IRELAND’S EYE ISLAND, NORTH DUBLIN - Today Howth Coast Guard unit undertook an exercise in remote technical rescue. With D-Class rescue boat cover provided by Drogheda Coast Guard, the unit attempted a number of different island rescue scenarios.
Remote technical rescue equipment packaging and transfer.
Full-team cliff mobilisation by boat.
Mid-cliff high-angle rope rescue with recovery into boat.
High-angle [...]
WEST PIER, HOWTH - This weekend Howth Coast Guard hosted an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) course provided by Aware. Team members from Howth Coast Guard, Howth Gardai, Drogheda Coast Guard, Howth RNLI, Howth Beach Life Guards, and local Scout Leaders completed a 2 day certification.
Just as “CPR” skills make physical first aid possible, [...]
HOWTH HILL, DUBLIN - Howth Coast Guard undertook a joint exercise with St John’s Ambulance Brigade and visiting members of Drogheda Coast Guard unit on Wednesday night. The night was split into two exercises with different objectives.
Ex 1. Objectives: Practice technical evacs through obstacles. Practice first aid stabilisation and packaging, with casualties provided by St [...]
DROGHEDA, IRELAND - Two members of the Howth Coast Guard unit joined members of Greenore, Skerries, Drogheda at the Joint Coast Guard Unit Exercise (CUE) 2009 hosted by Drogheda Coast Guard. Members of the Meath and Leitrim Civil Defence technical and medical rescue units also attended to supply EMT’s.
Set in the grounds of Slane Castle, [...]
RED ROCK, SUTTON - Last night Howth Coast Guard performed a 3 climber descent at Red Rock in Sutton, Dublin. The scenario entailed one climbers descent line becoming damaged for exercise only, and having to move onto another climbers line to acsend. After the initial descent and ascent, 3 more climbs were completed in pairs.
This [...]
CLAREMONT BEACH, HOWTH -Last night, Howth Coast Guard undertook an exercise with Puremagic Kitesurfing School and the Irish Kitesurfing Association. 18 members of the unit undertook a theory session on rescuing kitesurfers from both shallow water and boats. Approaches, hazards, and hand signals were covered, including how to safely release a kitesurfer from their equipment [...]
CLAREMONT BEACH, HOWTH - This morning, Howth Coast Guard undertook an exercise in throwbag rescue and spinal recoveries from the water. First members refreshed their techniques for both body recoveries and spinal injuries in the training room. After a dry-run, the team trained in the same procedure but in waist-deep water. Using their equipment, the [...]
EAST MOUNTAIN, HOWTH - Howth Coast Guard unit were tasked to East Mountain in Howth to search for and recover a casualty for exercise. After a 30 minute search they located the casualty stuck deep down in a crack between rocks. Using confidence lines, 2 first-aiders descended to the casualty and proceeded to immobilise for [...]
