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Person rescued from the river suir

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June 21, 2016

Earlier this evening our volunteers were alerted to a person entering the river a short distance away from our base at the Neptune Marina. WMSAR rescue crew and boat launched immediately, contacting Irish Coastguard on the way. The assistance of Fire Brigade, Ambulance, WCRR and Gardai was also requested. On arrival on scene, the casualty was struggling to stay afloat, was initially combative and appeared to be in an altered state. The person was recovered to the boat and quickly passed over to the care of the Emergency Services.

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Women’s Vhi Mini Marathon 2016

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June 6, 2016

Our ladies are just making their way to the starting line for the Women’s Vhi Mini Marathon 2016. You can still support the girls by texting “WMSAR” to 50300 to donate €4. Best of luck Sharon, Louise,Breffini, Laura,Michelle,Emer and Nicole 😀

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WMSAR visit Fethard Lifeboat Station

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June 1, 2016

WMSAR crewmembers had the very great pleasure of visiting our fellow volunteers at Fethard Lifeboat Station yesterday. The team told us all about their inaugural WAVES Festival in association with RNLI which will be headlined by Irish country music sensation, Nathan Carter. This event is to be held on Sunday 28 August 2016 within the walled gardens at Loftus Hall, in the historic coastal area of Hook Head. The family themed day-long music event is being run in aid of the Fethard RNLI fundraising appeal, which is set to raise €65,000 needed for a new Inshore Lifeboat, due to be placed on service in Fethard at the end of 2017. Tickets are available from www.tickets.ie or from selected SuperValu or Centra stores nationwide. We look forward to assiting with safety cover at the event and wish Fethard all the very best in their campaign,

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Operations continue tomorrow

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May 29, 2016

WMSAR volunteers have completed their third days searching in Fiddown for a missing person. Also present over the weekend were our colleagues from Carrick River Rescue and Kilkenny Civil Defense, as well as numerous local men and women who assisted. Thank you to An Garda Síochána and Irish Coast Guard. Operations continue tomorrow.

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Wexford MarineWatch visit Wmsar

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Welcome to our colleagues from Wexford MarineWatch who are herMato help us spread awareness for Mental Health Awareness Month which has been happening throughout the month of May. Stay safe everyone !! Remember, If you, or someone you know is going through a tough time, there is help – just take a look at the following numbers Samaritans: 116 123 Console: 1800 247 247 Aware: 1890 303 302 Pieta House: 01 601 0000 Teen-Line Ireland: 1800 833 634 (for ages 13 to 19) Childline: 1800 66 66 66 (for under 18s)

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We Need You!!

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May 15, 2016

**Please Share** We Need You!! Would you like to join up with our members and some of the ladies of Shaws Waterford for the Womens VHI Mini Marathon on June 6th or even with local man Paddy Grace and his running group for the Waterford Viking Marathon on June 26th? If you are interested in joining up by running in either of these events and raising some much needed funds towards our dream of Waterfords first search and rescue base then please get in contact with us here on our facebook page or at waterfordmarinesearchandrescue@yahoo.ie where we will more than happily arrange a personalised running pack for you.

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Where there is help, there is Hope!!”

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May 7, 2016

Volunteer crews are gearing up for a second time this weekend after helping to marshal this mornings Darkness into Light in aid of Pieta House. Our crews will be out until the early hours of Sunday morning for our weekly Suicide Prevention Patrol. Stay Safe if you are out and about . Remember, If you, or someone you know is going through a tough time, there is help – just take a look at the following numbers Samaritans: 116 123 Console: 1800 247 247 Aware: 1890 303 302 Pieta House: 01 601 0000 Teen-Line Ireland: 1800 833 634 (for ages 13 to 19) Childline: 1800 66 66 66 (for under 18s) ‪#‎wherethereishelpthereishope‬

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Crews save person from water 02/05/16

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Volunteers successfully dealt with 2 incidents of a suicidal nature while on duty last night. The first occurred shortly after 2 a.m. when a female was prevented from entering the water on the City’s quayside. Despite further attempts to enter the water, volunteers kept the person safe until the arrival of Gardai. Before the first incident was concluded, crew members heard shouts for help from the water a short distance up river. WMSAR rescue boat was dispatched and promptly recovered the person to safety. These incidents could have had very different outcomes without the presence of our teams. Thanks also to An Garda Síochána, Waterford Ambulance Service andIrish Coast Guard.