Irish Coast Guard

Bristow Takes Step Towards Next Generation of SAR Services in Ireland

Bristow Takes Step Towards Next Generation of SAR Services in Ireland

8-Feb-2024Source: Bristow

Bristow Ireland Limited, a subsidiary of Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has received its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA), marking a significant step towards the next generation of Coast Guard search and rescue aviation services in Ireland. “Gaining an... Read more

Nova to deliver mission systems for Bristow AW139 Irish SAR contract

Nova to deliver mission systems for Bristow AW139 Irish SAR contract

30-Nov-2023Source: Nova Systems

Nova Systems announced today it has been awarded a contract by Bristow Ireland Limited as the mission system integrator for Bristow’s six AW189 helicopters supporting the search and rescue on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard. Nova Systems will use their EASA approved Part 21 Design Organisation in Shannon to act as the mission system... Read more

Bristow is preferred bidder for Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service

Bristow is preferred bidder for Irish Coast Guard Aviation Service

31-May-2023Source: Bristow

Bristow Ireland Ltd., a subsidiary of Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: VTOL), the leading global provider of innovative and sustainable vertical flight solutions, has been announced by the Irish Department of Transport as the preferred bidder for the next Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) search & rescue aviation (SAR) contract. Following the announcement by the Irish Coast... Read more

Irish SAR pilots to take industrial action

Irish SAR pilots to take industrial action

23-Jan-2019Source: HeliHub.com

The Irish Coast Guard SAR plan to take industrial action on Thursday. They will be working a fixed roster of six days at work, with three days off. The company is operated under contract by CHC, which received an issue of notice of industrial action from Ialpa, a branch of the Fórsa trade union. The... Read more

Irish SAR S92s saved 175 lives in 2017

Irish SAR S92s saved 175 lives in 2017

3-Jan-2018Source: HeliHub.com

Coast Guard Helicopters, provided by CHC Ireland, are proud to review the year of 2017. They conducted 750 missions, assisted 316 and were able to save 175 people, reports Flying in Ireland.... Read more

Irish Coast Guard reduces role of SAR helicopters

Irish Coast Guard reduces role of SAR helicopters

6-Sep-2017Source: HeliHub.com

The Department of Health has announced that SAR pilots who work 24-hour duties will not be expected to perform any inter-hospital patient transfers. The Irish Coast Guard has had to withdraw crews from various medical missions’ due to this decision. The Irish Aviation Authority has said that an Air Corps fixed-wing aircraft will be used... Read more

CHC Winchman Receives Billy Deacon SAR Memorial Trophy

CHC Winchman Receives Billy Deacon SAR Memorial Trophy

2-Jun-2017Source: CHC Group

CHC Group has announced that Winchman Gary Robertson of CHC Ireland has received the Billy Deacon Search and Rescue Memorial Trophy for his role in a life-saving mission with the Irish Coast Guard. The trophy was presented at the Air League’s Annual Awards Ceremony at St. James Palace, on Tuesday, May 30, by HRH Prince... Read more

Irish Coast Guard reaches landmark 10,000 flight hours on S92 fleet

Irish Coast Guard reaches landmark 10,000 flight hours on S92 fleet

3-May-2016Source: Irish Coast Guard

The Irish Coast Guard has achieved the significant milestone of 10,000 Sikorsky S92 flight hours in its Irish Search-and-Rescue (SAR). The five new technology Sikorsky S92 aircraft have completed more than 3100 missions, operating from the bases in Sligo, Waterford, Shannon and Dublin. With the introduction of the S92, the service ushered in a stepped... Read more

Irish Coast Guard exceeds 1,000 rescues in a year for the first time

Irish Coast Guard exceeds 1,000 rescues in a year for the first time

8-Jan-2016Source: Irish Coast Guard

During last night the Coast Guard’s Rescue 115 and Rescue 118 completed two helicopter missions which bringing the total number of completed helicopter missions to 1,000 in a single year; the first time since the Coast Guard’s helicopter service commenced in 1991. Many of the services were carried out in challenging weather conditions, at night... Read more

Irish Coast Guard Completes Record Number of Missions with S92 Fleet

Irish Coast Guard Completes Record Number of Missions with S92 Fleet

16-Jan-2015Source: CHC

The Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) completed a record number of missions during 2014, moving 730 people from danger to safety, often in challenging weather conditions. CHC Helicopter’s general operations manager for search-and-rescue (SAR) services, Chris Hodson, said the crews completed 904 missions, an increase of 15 percent year-on-year – and more than any year in... Read more

Irish Coast Guard helicopter crew receives international award

Irish Coast Guard helicopter crew receives international award

20-May-2014Source: Irish Times

Four crew attached to Rescue 118, based in Sligo, are due to receive the Fredrick L Feinberg award, conferred by the American Helicopter Society since 1961.  See full story... Read more

Irish Coast Guard add names to their S92 fleet

Irish Coast Guard add names to their S92 fleet

3-Apr-2014Source: Sikorsky

The Irish Coast Guard turned to the people of Ireland when it came to choosing names for the S-92® helicopters that recently joined the fleet. The agency held a naming contest and asked residents to come up with names fitting the helicopter’s mission, Search and Rescue. The winners have been selected and will be honored... Read more

Irish Coast Guard reviews 2013 activity

Irish Coast Guard reviews 2013 activity

16-Jan-2014Source: Dept of Transport

2013 was one of the busiest on record for the Coast Guard with 33% more incidents than the previous year, partly due to the good weather. The helicopter fleet, along with Coast Guard volunteer crews saw a huge increase in workload with 2,627 incidents during the year. There were a total of 808 helicopter missions... Read more

Irish Minister for Transport launches fourth Coast Guard S92

Irish Minister for Transport launches fourth Coast Guard S92

14-Jan-2014Source: Dept of Transport

Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar officially launched the Coast Guard’s new state-of-the-art S92 search & rescue helicopter for the Dublin region in Weston Airport today. This is the fourth Sikorsky S92 helicopter base to come into operation for the Coast Guard and means all four Coast Guard bases now have upgraded helicopters.... Read more

Irish Coast Guard flies for first time with all-female crew

Irish Coast Guard flies for first time with all-female crew

20-Aug-2013Source: Irish Independent

The Shannon-based search and rescue Helicopter R115 flew its first missions with a female pilot and co-pilot, Capt Dara Fitzpatrick and Capt Carmel Kirby.  see full story... Read more

Irish Coast Guard record 10 years of SAR from Waterford

Irish Coast Guard record 10 years of SAR from Waterford

14-May-2012Source: Irish Government

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar TD today congratulated the Irish Coast Guard as they mark the 10th anniversary of the Irish Coast Guard search and rescue helicopter base at Waterford Airport (Thursday, May 10). Speaking today, the Minister said: “For the past decade the helicopter team at the Waterford Coast Guard base... Read more

Irish Coast Guard to start S92 operations in June

Irish Coast Guard to start S92 operations in June

14-May-2012

Irish Coast Guard operations manager Declan Geoghegan said the first of the new S-92 Sikorsky helicopters would begin operations at Shannon next month, to be followed in the next year with similar new aircraft at Sligo, Waterford and Dublin. (see full story)... Read more

Irish Coast Guard selects Wescam MX-15 turrets for S92 SAR missions

Irish Coast Guard selects Wescam MX-15 turrets for S92 SAR missions

20-Mar-2012Source: L-3 Wescam

L-3 WESCAM announced that it has received an order from CHC Ireland Ltd to provide MXâ„¢-15 electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) imaging systems for installation on S-92® search and rescue (SAR) aircraft. Installation of the turrets will be completed by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation and deployed to Ireland in support of the Irish Coast Guard’s fleet replacement... Read more

UK SAR loss allows CHC to fulfill Irish Coast Guard contract

UK SAR loss allows CHC to fulfill Irish Coast Guard contract

4-Feb-2012Source: HeliHub.com

The first Sikorsky S92 for the Irish Coast Guard has arrived in Ireland, arriving Sunday evening at Shannon Airport under darkness and a ceremony was held Monday to mark its arrival.  The aircraft had been shipped into the British port of Southampton, then flown from there to CHC’s base at Lee-on-Solent for fuel prior to its... Read more

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