Training

heli winch view inside

photo taken inside the Coast Guard helicopter shows Coast Guard winchman preparing two of the Skerries team for a ground deployment using the winch

Scheduled training takes place every Wednesday evening from 20:00 – 22:30 in the Skerries Coast Guard stationhouse at Red Island lane, near the harbour area in Skerries. All volunteers are fully trained in key search and rescue skills, including:

  • 4WD driving
  • first aid
  • marine radio communications
  • at-sea search techniques
  • land based search techniques
  • knots and rope techniques
  • use of pyrotechnics
  • night search techniques
  • operations involving helicopters
  • response to aircraft accidents
  • emergency driving (when responding to incidents)
  • mapreading and marine chart navigation
  • powerboating

 

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photo shows Skerries Coast Guard Officer in Charge preparing a search team brief during an exercise at Red Island, Skerries

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