Local Incident Ref: 34/2017
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Local Incident Ref: 35/2017
Incident Date & Time: 24/05/17 18:00
Situation: Helicopter Landing - Beaumont
Assets Tasked: CG  R118, CG IRT (Howth), DFB, NAS, AGS.
​Outcome: Stood down on route.
 
Local Incident Ref: 36/2017
Incident Date & Time: 27/05/17 00:30
Situation: Faller at Slane Concert
Outcome: Coast Guard units from Killybegs, Greenore, Drogheda and Howth were in attendance to provide boat cover for the Slane concert at the weekend. A call was received after the concert for a man who had fallen down a steep incline. CG members responded and evacuated the casualty to a waiting ambulance.
 
Local Incident Ref: 37/2017
Incident Date & Time: 28/05/17 15:00
Situation: Helicopter Landing - Beaumont
Assets Tasked: CG  R118, CG IRT (Howth), DFB (Kilbarrack), NAS (Swords)
​Outcome: Site cleared and patient evacuated to NAS ambulance.
 
 

Local Incident Ref: 34/2017
Incident Date & Time: 22/05/17 23:00
Assets Tasked: CG (Howth), CG R116 (Dublin), RNLI Howth (ILB), RNLI Dun Laoghaire (ILB), AGS
 
A member of the public reported witnessing a person in difficulty in the water near Sutton Dingy Club. He contacted the Coast Guard emergency operations centre who tasked Coast Guard Helicopter Rescue 116, a Coast Guard Search Team from Howth, the RNLI inshore lifeboats from Howth and Dun Laoghaire along with local Gardai. A detailed search with over 40 personnel was carried out with resources focused on an area between Dollymount Beach and Sutton.
 
Search Teams returned for a low water search the following morning at 3.30am. Coast Guard personnel searched the shallow waters in the area the person was last seen. The team was stood down at 5.30am. A further low water search was carried out at 4pm which included LIfe Guards from Dollymount. Gardai are continuing to investigate.

Local Incident Ref: 32/2017
Incident Date & Time: 15/05/17 17:00
​Situation: Dog stuck on cliffs, owner unable to reach
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth)
​Outcome: Dog recovered by CG and reunited with owner.

Local Incident Ref: 33/2017
Incident Date & Time: 15/05/17 20:00
​Situation: Helicopter landing - Beaumont
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth), DFB (Kilbarrack), NAS (Swords), AGS (Santry)
​Outcome: Site cleared and checked, patient transferred to NAS ambulance.

Incident Update Week – 7th May

Local Incident Ref: 30/2017
Incident Date & Time: 07/05/17 22:00
​Situation: Lights observed off Howth coast.
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth)
Outcome: Area searched. Nothing to report.

Local Incident Ref: 29/2017
Incident Date & Time: 01/05/17 14:00
​Situation: Safe Water Marker at Malahide broke free
Assets Tasked: CG Boat (Howth)
Outcome: Marker towed to Howth Harbour.
 
Local Incident Ref: 28/2017
Incident Date & Time: 01/05/17 12:00
​Situation: Boat observed to be in difficulty off Malahide.
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth), RNLI ALB & ILB (Howth)
Outcome: Vessel with steering difficulties towed to Howth Harbour by ALB.

Incident Update Week – 30th April

Local Incident Ref: 27/2017
Incident Date & Time: 29/04/17 14:00
​Situation: Kite Surfer injured on Dollymount Beach. DFB paramedics requiring assistance with extraction.
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth), DFB (North Strand, Phibsboro), DCC Parks (Dollymount)
Outcome: Casualty extracted successfully by CG jeep to waiting DFB ambulance.