Howth Coast Guard were tasked today (27/7/15) to prepare for a landing at Beaumont Hospital with Coast Guard Rescue 116. As the team were preparing the site the incident was stood down.

 

Incident 50/15

On Monday Howth Coast Guard were tasked along with the RNLI and Coast Guard Rescue116 to a person needing assistance on the cliffs.

Call was a false alarm with good intent.

 
Incident 49/15.

This afternoon at 3pm the Coast Guard 999 operations centre received reports of a person suffering a fall of 20 feet down cliffs near the Baily Lighthouse on Howth Head.

The Howth Coast Guard Cliff rescue team and Coast Guard Rescue 116 were tasked. Rescue 116 was flying nearby at the time and was on scene within 5 minutes. A Coast Guard paramedic was lowered and the casualty was airlifted to Tallaght hospital with a suspected broken arm.

Incident 48/15

On Friday the Howth CG team, CG Rescue 116 and Howth lifeboat were tasked by Gardai to assist with a missing person search.

An extensive search was carried out before being stood down. The person was located safely.

incident 47/15

Members of the Irish Coast Guard (IrCG) unit in Howth are currently taking part in an observer program with Dublin Fire Brigade’s (DFB) ambulance service. The program has being running since April and involves Coast Guard members joining DFB paramedics on their ambulance as an observer for a shift. The objective is to improve Coast Guard member’s exposure to medical cases and help us understand the next link in the chain of medical care provided when the unit pass a casualty over to paramedics.

The IrCG unit in Howth work closely with medical staff from both the HSE and DFB and this program allows the IrCG and DFB to develop a better understanding of each other’s capabilities and procedures. The program is being run out of DFB stations in Kilbarrack, North Strand and Phibsboro. Team members are getting to observe up to ten cases per shift which involve broad range of medical emergencies from trauma injuries at Road Traffic Collisions to Cardiac Arrests.

As part of the program joint training exercise are planned to further enhance agency co-operation. Coast Guard members are finding the program very beneficial and are very appreciative of both the professionalism and hospitality shown by the DFB crews.

Howth Coast Guard recently visited Portmarnock National School in North Dublin; 350 students from the school got to see the Coast Guard schools safety program and meet with the team members. As part of the visit Coast Guard Safety Team packs were distributed and an art competition was held. The winning entries were Cillian Reynolds ,Katie Dargan , Sophie Finn and Laura Callan. They are pictured above with VO Gareth Collier from Howth Coast Guard station.

Howth Coast Guard was tasked yesterday to assist our colleagues in Dun Laoghaire CG station. Along with Dun Laoghaire and Greystones CG, CG Rescue 116, Dublin Civil Defence, RNLI, Lifeguards and Gardai a missing person search was carried out in the south side of Dublin Bay. The Howth CG boat team used a side scan sonar to review the seabed for anything that might be of interest while land teams from Howth assisted Dun Laoghaire CG with searching the shoreline. The search continues.

The search is for Breda Delaney (pictured) who has been missing from her home in Blackrock in Co Dublin since around 3.30am Saturday morning. Breda is described as being 5” 4’ in height, of slight build with blonde/grey hair and blue eyes. When last seen Breda was wearing a white cardigan, a grey calf length skirt and black shoes. Anyone with information is asked to contact Blackrock Garda Station on 01-666 5200, The Garda Confidential Line 1800 666111 or any Garda Station.

Incident 46/15

8/7/15: 19.00 – Helicopter Landing in Beaumont. Jeep Crew dispatched, Landing Site Secured and crew assisted R116 paramedics transfer patient with head injuries from Helicopter to ambulance.

Incident 44/15

 
8/7/15: 23.00 – Flare sighted off Dollymount. Initial Response Team sent. Search carried out of Beach. Nothing to Report.

Incident 45/15

On Friday morning at 00.15 Howth Coast Guard were tasked to check a report of an unusual light in Dublin Bay. After investigation the light was thought to be a fishing vessel crossing the bay which was showing on the AIS system as underway. No assistance required.

On 25th June. Howth CG assisted in the search for a missing kayaker off Portmarnock. The kayaker was found and helped with information on safety equipment that should be brought on a trip and also informing somebody on shore with the journey plan and timings.

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Last night while on exercise the Irish Coast Guard boat based at Howth station was tasked to assist 3 kayakers lost in fog at an unknown position off the coast of Malahide.

The three had left the Howth peninsula under good conditions but while on the water southerly winds increased and a fog quickly descended making visibility of land impossible. They contacted the Coast Guard by Marine VHF radio requesting assistance as they were unsure of their location and were drifting. The crew on the Coast Guard boat responded, with limited visibility the group were located between Donabate and Lambay Island. All three were in good spirits and the Coast Guard boat assisted them back to Howth where a shore team transported them back to their starting point.

The response from the kayakers was textbook in the way to deal with a changing situation at sea, they had flares, VHF radio, lifejackets and extra layers of clothing; conditions at sea can change very quickly and the group remained calm and tight together, using their paddles to attract the attention of the Coast Guard boat. Had the Kayakers not had a VHF radio they wouldn’t have been able to contact the Coast Guard directly and with the weather becoming progressively worse the outcome could have been different. Mobile Phones can have very limited capability at sea and shouldn’t be relied on.

Incident 42/15