Call-out 14/07/2020 35/20

 
** Person Attempting to Enter Water **
 
At 23.08hrs last night the Boyne Fishermen's Rescue & Recovery Service emergency paging system was activated to the reports of a person Attempting to Enter the Water from the Doners Green area of the river Boyne.
 
We dispatched our inshore rescue boat and scene crew to the location of the incident.
 
As the scene crew arrived on scene they observed a male climbing down the wall to enter the river Boyne.
 
Crews quickly prevented the person from entering the water taking them to safety. Crews trained in suicide prevention awareness managed to maintain a stable situation until the arrival of Drogheda Gardai where a handover was given
 
Crews were stood down returning to base to wash,restage and fuel the equipment.