TRAINING FOR SEVERE WEATHER The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was on station on Wednesday night for the team’s weekly training session with a focus on key rescue techniques which can be used during severe weather. In recent weeks, the team have continued to see photos across social media of people putting themselves at unnecessary risk by walking and driving to the end of the Saltcoats Harbour during severe weather including strong winds and large breaking waves. Wednesday

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out around 0830 hours this morning to reports of a vehicle in the water within Saltcoats Harbour. The team responded immediately with Largs Coastguard Rescue Team, two Senior Coastal Operations Officers and RNLI Troon Lifeboat All Weather and Inshore lifeboats. As the team arrived on scene, the roof of the vehicle was visible above the waterline. A water rescue operator deployed into the water with team members standing by to pr

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out shortly before 0500 hours this morning following a report from Police Scotland of a possible person within a coastal cave near the Heads of Ayr. The team responded immediately with Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team, Girvan Coastguard Rescue Team and RNLI Troon Lifeboat also being tasked to the incident. The team responded immediately and proceeded to the scene with full rope rescue equipment should it be required to assist with acc

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out yesterday afternoon to reports of a person being blown out to sea on an inflatable. The team responded immediately with RNLI Troon Lifeboat and Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team also being tasked to the incident. As the team arrived on scene, it was confirmed the person on the inflatable was safely ashore and with family. All persons involved were spoken to and suitable advice given. We continue to urge the public to leave these

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team has had a busy few days attending seven separate incidents across Ayrshire with assistance provided to multiple people. Here's a brief summary of the past four days: Thursday 27th June: Team tasked to reports of a person in the water in Ardrossan; five persons rescued from Horse Island working alongside RNLI Troon Lifeboat having suffered boat difficulties. Friday 28th June: Team tasked on incident prevention to provide safety advice to yo

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out this afternoon following reports of a number of maritime distress flares being found on Irvine Beach by the volunteers from Coastwatch Irvine. The team responded immediately and proceeded to Irvine to liaise with the first informants and establish the full circumstances of the incident. Arriving on scene, the team proceeded straight onto the beach in the team’s 4x4 Coastguard Rescue Vehicle and located the first informant an

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out shortly after 2230 hours yesterday to reports of a boat on fire in Troon. The team responded immediately with Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team, Senior Coastal Operations Officer S16D and the Scottish Fire & Rescue Service. On arrival, the team were faced with one boat well alight alongside the floating pontoons at Troon Sailing Club next to Troon Marina. The team has thereafter deployed supporting the fire fighting operation inc

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out just before 10am yesterday morning to reports of a person and a dog in the water at Prestwick. The team responded immediately with RNLI Troon Lifeboat and Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team also responding. Whilst en route, an update was received advising both the person and dog had safely been recovered from the water. The team continued to the scene to liaise with Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team who had spoken with the person involved

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out shortly before 5.30pm yesterday to reports of an injured male on the beach at Stevenston after falling off a motocross bike. The team responded immediately and quickly returned to the Coastguard station having only left a short time earlier following the team's successful Festive Food Bank Open Day. While preparing to depart the station, contact was made with the first informant to confirm the exact location of the casualty,

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out this afternoon following reports of a large unknown object floating out at sea. The volunteers from the Irvine-based Coastwatch Scotland had spotted the object from their building at the Irvine Beach Park pavillion and contacted the Coastguard. The team responded immediately and upon arriving on scene, identified a large dark coloured object approx one mile off shore floating low to the water line. Given the distance and vis

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called diverted from a separate incident around 0950 hours this morning following reports of a medical emergency on board a sailing vessel heading for Largs Marina. Largs Lifeboat, Largs Coastguard Rescue Team and Rescue Helicopter 199 were also tasked to assist. The team proceeded to Largs Marina with Largs Lifeboat quickly getting on scene and alongside the casualty vessel and placing a crew member on board to assist, with Rescue Hel

The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team joined colleagues from across Area 4 at Pinkston Watersports Centre for a full day of Flood Rescue training. The team joined colleagues from Arran Coastguard Rescue Team, HM Coastguard Cumbrae, Largs Coastguard Rescue Team and Greenock Coastguard Rescue Team with additional support from colleagues from the East coast along with all four Area 4 Senior Coastal Operations Officers. The training session focussed on the resilence operations as

SUSPECT ITEMS SPARKS SATURDAY CALLOUT IN IRVINE The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out shortly after lunchtime today to possible ordnance on the beach between Irvine and Barassie. Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team was also tasked to assist. The callout came after a member of the public attended at Irvine Police Office to report the items which they had been found. The team responded immediately and contact was made with the first informant to provide an exact location o

TEAM RESPOND TO CALLOUT IN IRVINE The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out shortly after 5pm following reports of a female threatening to enter the water at Irvine. The team responded immediately with one team member kitting up in full water rescue equipment ready for immediately deployment into the water should it be required once arriving on scene. As the team was proceeding towards Irvine, and update was received that the female was no longer in danger of enteri

TEAM ASSIST WITH MISSING PERSON SEARCH The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out at 5.30pm yesterday as part of a multi-agency missing person search in Irvine. The team was called out at the request of Ayrshire Police Division along with Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team and Troon Lifeboat to assist with an ongoing high risk missing search. Following consultation with Police Scotland, a full shoreline search was commenced in the area around Irvine Harbour involving both Co

TEAM RESPOND TO INBOUND EMERGENCY AT AIRPORT The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out as part of a multi-agency response to an inbound aircraft at Prestwick Airport. The team responded immediately alongside Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team, Troon Lifeboat and all branches of the emergency services. The team arrived at the designated emergency RVP along with emergency service colleagues as part of a well rehearsed emergency response plan with the aircraft landing safely a

MARITIME DISTRESS FLARE WARNING - PLEASE SHARE The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team is issuing an urgent warning to the public regarding maritime distress flares. In recent weeks, a number of flares have been found washed up along the Ayrshire coastline and have been picked up by members of the public and conveyed to local Police Offices. Maritime distress flares are exceptionally dangerous especially when they are out of date, which they regularly are when they are washed up

EXERCISE SEAHORSE – ARDROSSAN - NORTH AYRSHIRE Emergency services descended on Ardrossan’s North Shore on Sunday morning following reports of a boat collision and multiple casualties in the water. Fortunately, this dramatic scene was part of a pre-planned search and rescue training exercise involving multiple rescue resources from across North Ayrshire and Inverclyde. Coastguard Rescue Teams from Ardrossan, Cumbrae and Greenock were put through their paces alongside Largs Lif

MULTI-AGENCY OPERATION WITH TWO PEOPLE AND SIX DOGS RESCUED The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team was called out shortly before 11pm yesterday evening to reports of two persons stranded on Stevenston Beach. The team responded immediately along with Ayr Coastguard Rescue Team, Troon Lifeboat, Ayrshire Police Division, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service and the Scottish Ambulance Service. Arriving on scene, further information was received advising the casualties were stranded on th

LARGE SCALE EXERCISE - NORTH AYRSHIRE - SUNDAY 22 JULY 2018 The Ardrossan Coastguard Rescue Team is advising the public of a large scale search and rescue (SAR) exercise scheduled to take place in North Ayrshire tomorrow. The exercise will take commence at 0900 hours and expected to end mid-afternoon. The training exercise will be taking place at a currently undisclosed location in North Ayrshire to ensure the scenario remains as realistic as possible for those taking part an