The Irish Coast Guard has released its year-end update, highlighting its extensive operations throughout 2024. The report showcases the Coast Guard's commitment to maritime safety, emphasizing its vital role in search and rescue, pollution response, and supporting offshore island communities.
Coast Guard units were mobilized 1,154 times in the past 12 months, providing critical assistance to 537 people. The Coast Guard provided 134 air ambulance flights in support of the State’s offshore island communities in 2024. The Coast Guard coordinated 2,554 incidents during the year, including search and rescue , maritime casualty and pollution and preparedness responses. The figure was slightly lower than in 2023, when there were 2,788 incidents.
The 44 Irish Coast Guard units were mobilized on 1,154 occasions over the past 12 months. Critical assistance was provided to 537 people, preventing loss of life or delivering people to appropriate medical care. The Coast Guard also collaborated with the wider search-and-rescue community during the year. The Department of Transport said this “important milestone was achieved through positive collaboration between the two contractors and the Department of Transport and support from the wider search and rescue community”. The State’s other three search and rescue bases, at Sligo, Waterford and Weston in Dublin, are continuing the transition to the new contract and will commence operation in the first half of 2025. Joanna Cullen, assistant secretary general at the Department of Transport with responsibility for the Irish Coast Guard, said 2024 was “an important and busy year”. “I want to thank all members of the Irish Coast Guard who have once again shown their dedication to keeping the Irish coastline safe,” she said.
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