Skerries Coast Guard

This week, the volunteers of Skerries Coast Guard kicked off their annual water safety programme, with visits to primary schools in Skerries and Balbriggan.

During this highly interactive talk, the students learned about the importance of lifejackets when on or near the water. A practical demo on the proper way to wear lifejackets was also included.

The students also learned about the role of the Irish Coast Guard in marine search and rescue, including a tour of the Skerries unit’s rescue Jeep and equipment.

Over the course of the next two months, the volunteers will visit local primary schools throughout the unit’s search and rescue zone.

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This evening, members of the Skerries Sea Scouts Colt group paid a visit to the Skerries Coast Guard station. The sea scouts took an active part in a hands on scenario based search and rescue mission involving locating a missing person, casualty assessment and transfer to spinal board. This gave the scouts a realistic view of the search and rescue role played by the Coast Guard volunteers.

The Search took place near the Martello Tower at Red Island, Skerries and was a great success. The scouts then received a water safety briefing and equipment demo back at the Coast Guard station.

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