21.05.2011

Training with 98fm - Lough Bray - 20th May

We had a great training session near Lough Bray this evening. The session was part of our preparation for Walk the Line - we were simulat...

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Helicopter Training

While most people were still in their bed on a lovely May bank holiday Sunday morning, 20 Team members met at 08:30hrs to attended flight school familiarisation with Rescue 116 the Irish Coast Guard rescue helicopter a Sikorsky S61 based out of Dublin Airport. The main purpose of today’s training was to build on our basic ground school... visits to the base and to provide training in a live environment; our new probationary members had their first taste of flight. Team members practice drills of embarking and di...

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Four rescues in one day!

At approximately 2.15 today both Mountain Rescue teams in Wicklow were tasked by the Gardai to assist a lady with a badly dislocated shoulder on the Spinc in Glendalough. A full callout was initiated and mountain rescue personnel from both teams were quickly on site with the lady. Her injuries were treated and she was evacuated by stretcher along the board-walk and down the steps to a waiting HSE ambulance.  As the teams were dealing with that situation, they were contacted by Gardai about two...

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