Incident 41/17
Date 10/06/17 12.30
Situation: Dog in Water
Assets Tasked: Howth CGU
Outcome: NTR

On Saturday 10th while on exercise the unit were tasked to check Howth harbour where a member of the public reported a dog in trouble in the water. The area was checked but nothing found. Considered call with good intent.



Incident 42/17
Date 10/06/17 17.51
Situation: Rescue 116 en route with casualty to Beaumont
Assets Tasked Howth CGU, Rescue 116, DFB, NAS.

A response unit from Howth CGU met Rescue 116 at Beaumont landing area and assisted transfer of injured person to NAS ambulance for onward transfer to hospital. Also on scene DFB providing fire cover.



incident 43/17
Date 11/06/17 17.50
Situation: Rescue 118 en route from Castlebar
Assets Tasked: Howth CGU, Rescue 118, DFB, NAS

Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter rescue 118 transferred casualty from Castlebar hospital to Beaumont at the request of HSE. On scene at Beaumont were Howth CGU, DFB and NAS.

Local Incident Ref: 38/2017
Incident Date & Time: 03/06/17 21:00
Situation: Helicopter Landing - Beaumont
Assets Tasked: CG  R115, CG IRT (Howth), DFB, NAS
​Outcome: Site Cleared, Patient Transferred.
 
Local Incident Ref: 39/2017
Incident Date & Time: 04/06/17
Situation: Boat grounded Howth Harbour
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth).
​Outcome: Howth YC Club assisted.
 
Local Incident Ref: 40/2017
Incident Date & Time: 04/06/17
Situation: Yacht lost power off Ireland’s eye.
Assets Tasked: RNLI ALB (Howth), CG IRT (Howth)
​Outcome: ALB recovered.
 

 
 

Local Incident Ref: 34/2017
– see previous post

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.

Local Incident Ref: 26/2017
Incident Date & Time: 16/04/17 15:00
​Situation: While on exercise the Irish Coast Guard boat from Howth was alerted to a drifting Kayak with no one on board on the south side of Irelands Eye.  The crew initiated search procedures and alerted the Dublin Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre of the situation. The Howth RNLI boat inshore lifeboat, also on exercise, were monitoring radio communications and responded to assist. 

Within 2 minutes of the Coast Guard crew being alerted to the incident 2 causalities were located standing on top of an offshore rock, sound of the island. The Coast Guard boat made an approach and recovered the causalities that were unharmed. 

​While this incident had a happy result, the outcome could have been very different. Neither of the kayakers had any communications or means of signalling for distress, only for a passing tourist boat spotting their drifting kayak no one would have been aware of their dangerous situation. 
Assets Tasked: CG Boat (Howth), RNLI ILB (Howth).
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Local Incident Ref: 25/2017
Incident Date & Time: 14/04/17 13:00
​Situation: CG Helicopter inbound for Beaumont Hospital with inter hospital transfer.
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth), DFB (Kilbarrack), NAS (Swords).
Outcome: Team stood down on route. Helicopter transferred to Dublin Airport.

Lo​cal Incident Ref: 19/2017
Incident Date & Time: 13/03/17 18:00.
Situation: Helicopter Crash in Carlingford, Co Louth. Beaumont Landing site to be prepared, R116 Inbound with pilot.
Assets Tasked:
Crash site: CG (Greenore), CG R116 (Dublin), Fire Service (Louth), NAS, AGS.
Beaumont: CG IRT- (Howth), DFB (Kilbarrack), NAS (Swords).
​Outcome: Landing Site Cleared, Patient transferred to ambulance.
 
​Local Incident Ref: 20/2017
Incident Date & Time: 16/03/17 08:00
Situation: Boat reporting taken on water off Howth Head, exact position unknown.
Assets Tasked: CG (Howth), RNLI (Howth)
​Outcome: Search carried out. Hoax Call.
 
​Local Incident Ref: 21/2017
Incident Date & Time: 16/03/17 11:15
Situation: Kite Surfer in difficulty on Dollymount Beach.  
Assets Tasked: CG IRT  (Howth), RNLI (Dun Laoghaire)
​Outcome: RNLI recovered surfer and brought him to shore to CG unit.
 
​Local Incident Ref: 21/2017
Incident Date & Time: 16/03/17 11:30
Situation: 999 caller reported Kite Surfer in difficulty at Sutton
Assets Tasked: CG IRT (Howth), RNLI (Dun Laoghaire)​
Outcome: False Alarm Good Intentions

​Local Incident Ref: 10/2017 - II
Incident Date & Time: 24/02/17 17:00
Situation: Ongoing Missing Person Reported.
Assets Tasked: CG - (Howth), RNLI (Howth), AGS (Howth), CG Rescue 116, NAS.
 
As part of an ongoing search involving the RNLI and Coast Guard of Howth Head from 03:00 that morning CG Rescue 116 located a person on the cliffs near the shore line that evening. A Coast Guard Paramedic winchman was lowered down and quickly established that the person needed evacuation to hospital. Due to the location of the casualty the winchman requested further assistance. Two members of the Coast Guard from Howth were winched down by Rescue 116 to the casualty to assist.
 
The team provided immediate medical care and moved the casualty into a stretcher for evacuation. An Advanced Paramedic from the National Ambulance Service (NAS) was also winched down to provide advanced life support. A decision was made to transport the patient to Beaumont Hospital and a Coast Guard crew from Howth were sent to prepare a landing site along with NAS to provide transport. Rescue 116 winched the casualty along with the NAS AP and CG winchman aboard. The RNLI D Class from Howth recovered the two remaining Coast Guard personnel from Howth and did so with great skill and boatmanship.
 
The rescue was a multiple agency and complex yet seamless one involving the RNLI, the Coast Guard and the National Ambulance Service.

Local Incident Ref: 09/2017
Incident Date & Time: 18/02/17 14:00
Situation: Report of boat upturned.in Malahide
Assets Tasked: CG IRT- (Howth)
Outcome: Resolved quickly by staff from Malahide Marina. False Alarm Good Intention. Thanks to Marina Staff for prompt assistance.
 
Local Incident Ref: 10/2017
Incident Date & Time: 24/02/17 03:00
Situation: Missing Person Reported - Howth
Assets Tasked: CG - (Howth), RNLI (Howth), AGS (Howth)
Outcome: See separate report.
 
Local Incident Ref: 11/2017
Incident Date & Time: 25/02/17 14:00
Situation: Request for Sonar Response from Howth to Glendalough, Co Wicklow.
Assets Tasked: CG D Class Boat Team  – (Greystones), CG IRT - (Howth).
Outcome: While CG team from Greystones and Howth were launching Garda Divers located a body. CG personnel assisted with the shore recovery. RIP.
 
Local Incident Ref: 12/2017
Incident Date & Time: 25/02/17 17:00
Situation: Report of Windsurfer in difficulty – Malahide Estuary.
Assets Tasked: CGU IRT - (Howth).
Outcome: CG personnel located the windsurfer. False Alarm Good Intent.
 
Local Incident Ref: 13/2017
Incident Date & Time: 25/02/17 18:00
Situation: Concern for Missing Person – Howth.
Assets Tasked: CG – (Howth), CG – (Dun Laoghaire), CG Rescue 116, RNLI (Howth), AGS
Outcome: Person was quickly located by Gardai – all assets stood down. Thanks to Dun Laoghaire CG for assisting.

Local Incident Ref: 08/2017
Incident Date & Time: 17/02/17
Situation: CG Heli R118 on route to Beaumont with casualty from Sligo.
Action: Prepare LZ and assist CG Heli with transfer to NAS.
Assets Tasked: CG - R118 (Sligo), CG IRT- (Howth), NAS (Swords), DFB (Kilbarrack)

Local Incident Ref: 06/2017, 07/2017

Incident Date: 12/02/17 – 13/02/17

Situation: On both days the Coast Guard unit were tasked to people getting into danger on the East Pier with breaking waves. Unit responded, persons assisted back to safety and advised of danger.

​Assets Tasked: CG – IRT (Howth)

Local Incident Ref: 05/2017
Incident Date & Time: 21/01/17 04:00
Situation: Person reported in the water on Clontarf Seafront. CG search teams deployed alongside Gardai and Dublin Fire Brigade personnel. Casualty located by Garda Helicopter and assisted to shore. Treated by Fire Brigade medics. Unit stood down at 05.30.
Assets Tasked: CG - R116 (Dublin), CG - (Howth), RNLI - ILB (Dun Laoghaire), DFB, AGS.

Local Incident Ref: 02/2017
Incident Date & Time: 15/01/17 14:00
Situation: Casualty suffered head injury on board a yacht in the Irish Sea. CG R116 winched casualty aboard. CG R116 inbound to Beaumont LZ with casualty.
Action: Prepare LZ and assist CG R116 with transfer to NAS.
Assets Tasked: CG - R116, CG IRT- (Howth), NAS (Swords), DFB (Kilbarrack), AGS (Santry).
 
Local Incident Ref: 03/2017
Incident Date & Time: 18/01/17 14:00
Situation: CG Heli R118 on route to Beaumont with casualty from Sligo.
Action: Prepare LZ and assist CG Heli with transfer to NAS.
Assets Tasked: CG - R118 (Sligo), CG IRT- (Howth), NAS (Swords), DFB (Kilbarrack), AGS (Santry).
 

The Irish Coast Guard are once again participating at the BT Young Scientist Competition this week in Dublin’s RDS. Over 60,000 students are expected to attend the event. The Coast Guard considers the event to be an excellent opportunity to highlight water safety and to increase awareness among young people on the  workings of the Coast Guard.
 
This year the Coast Guard will run an hourly “Emergency Challenge” competition for students; participating students will be given details of a water based emergency they have just witnessed and then have to complete the steps on reporting that emergency by phone to both the 112 ECAS operator and subsequently the Coast Guard controller, this will include attaining GPS co-ordinates from their phone. For the second stage the participants will step into the shoes of a Coast Guard volunteer and after donning the safety gear step into a Coast Guard rescue boat where they will rescue the casualty, with the casualty on board they will then perform CPR. A lot to complete in a short period but the students are introduced to some essential life skills – calling 112, provision of accurate positional information utilising including using smart phone functionality, correctly fitting of a Life Jacket, throwing a Ring Buoy and importance of keeping them safely stored, finally last but not least performing CPR; skills that may help them one day if needed.
 
This is the Coast Guard’s fourth year to attend the event in collaboration with the ECAS team. ECAS is the Emergency Call Answering Service plays a pivotal role in the first stages of an emergency 112/ 999 call before they transfer the call to one of the four emergency services control rooms – Gardaí, Ambulance Service, Fire Service and Coast Guard. One of the challenges for the Coast Guard and other emergency services is to obtain early and timely information on any incident. Awareness of what number to ring for in an emergency is critical as is the public understanding of the process involved in calling 112/999, understanding where someone is located is critical in ensuing  that the right resources are quickly deployed. This year as part of the exercise particular emphasis is being placed on the ability to provide accurate positional information using tools such as smart phone based GPS.
 
In addition to the competition and with the aim of keeping the stand interactive the Coast Guard will also be running a demonstration each hour on Life Jackets and Water Safety. This will include getting the students to wear and activate a horse shoe Life Jacket to show how that a properly secure Life Jacket can easily allow you to freely move around but have the benefit of keeping you afloat if needed. Participants will be reminded that close on half the people who drown don’t have intentions of being on or in the water, these include people engaged in coastal or rock fishing.

​Limerick students Matthew and Conor after winning the Emergency Challenge competition this afternoon.
Also in the picture are Irish Coast Guard volunteers Sue McKinney (Drogheda station) and Dermot McBrierty (Howth station).