Irish Coast Guard responded to 2,554 incidents in 2024

2024 was another busy and eventful year for the Irish Coast Guard.

The year in figures:

• The 44 Coast Guard Units were mobilised on 1,154 separate occasions this year;
• Coast Guard Helicopters conducted 752 missions;
• Critical assistance was provided to 537 persons (preventing loss of life, and/or delivery to appropriate medical care);
• Coast Guard helicopters conducted 134 air ambulance flights in support of the offshore island communities;
• Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats were launched on 699 occasions; and
• Community inshore rescue service was launched for 73 taskings in 2024.

Throughout the year, the Coast Guard coordinated 2,554 incidents which included search and rescue, maritime casualty responses and pollution and preparedness responses. The 44 Irish Coast Guard Units were mobilised on 1,154 occasions over the past 12 months. The Irish Coast Guard continued to support communities across the country by providing 134 air ambulance flights in support of the offshore island communities.

The Irish Coast Guard provided critical assistance to 537 people over 2024, preventing loss of life and/or delivering people to appropriate medical care. It also collaborated with the wider search and rescue community throughout 2024, with the three Irish Coast Guard Maritime Coordination Centres in Dublin, Malin and Valentia tasking RNLI lifeboats on 699 occasions,