Welcome to the Waterford City River Rescue Website

Welcome to Waterford City River Rescue. We are a non-profit organisation that operates a voluntary Search and Rescue Service on the River Suir from Mount Congreve to Cheekpoint. Our volunteers provide this essential service on a 24-hour basis, 365 days a year.

Waterford City River Rescue

Covid 19 Impact

During the COVID 19 Pandemic Waterford City River Rescue has remained completely active and responsive to emergency Call Outs. During the COVID 19 crisis, our crew have responded to 7 emergency Call Outs. We have complied with all government and HSE guidelines while still maintaining our essential duties.

COVID 19 has inhibited our ability to raise funds to help keep our unit and services operational. If you would like to donate to Waterford City River Rescue we would be very grateful. We would like to thank the public for their continued support. 

Who We Are

Welcome to Waterford City River Rescue. We are a non-profit organisation that operates a voluntary Search and Rescue Service on the River Suir from Mount Congreve to Cheekpoint. Our volunteers provide this essential service on a 24-hour basis, 365 days a year.

We are a member of the Community Rescue Boats of Ireland (CRBI) and affiliated with the Irish Coast Guard, having successfully completed their stringent assessments and examinations of crew and equipment.

Our crews are all volunteers and are trained and equipped to the highest standards and are subject to annual assessments by the CRBI and, or the Irish Coast Guard, which ensures that the highest professional standards are maintained.

Waterford City River Rescue as a voluntary organization must seek funding through sponsorship and donations from the public, in order to provide a professional service to our community. To this end, Waterford City River Rescue requests businesses and members of the public to support our fundraising activities.

A donation box is available on this site, to allow you to make a donation to Waterford City River Rescue. All donations will be gratefully appreciated and will assist Waterford City River Rescue in continuing to provide this service to our community.

Please remember if you see anyone in difficulty on our Lakes, Rivers or Coast, Call 999 or 112 and ask for The Irish Coast Guard

📟 CALL OUT 📟📟In the early hours of this morning Waterford City River Rescue were tasked by the Irish Coast Guard. This was to assist Waterford City Fire Service, Waterford Ambulance Station and An Garda Síochána in an incident involving a person threatening to enter the water in the area of Merchant’s Quay. This incident was successfully resolved and we wish the person involved a speedy recovery. Thank you to everyone involved and to MRCC for coordinating this morning’s incident. We would like to reiterate the absolute importance of an early call to the Emergency Services for water incidents so the relevant services can be dispatched promptly. Please remember if you see anyone in difficulty on our Lakes, Rivers or Coast, Call 999 or 112 and ask for The Irish Coast Guard who will dispatch the services needed to the scene, Do not assume somebody has already made that call.Please remember you are never alone, if you need help please contact. Pieta House 24 hour helpline at 1800 247 247 .Samaritans at 116 123.For free 24/7 support in a crisis, free-text HELLO to 50808.Men's Aid 01 5543811,Women's Aid 1800 341 900ALONE 0818 222 024 ... See MoreSee Less
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From all the crew at Waterford City River Rescue we would like to wish all the ladies out there a very happy and wonderful Mother’s Day. Thank you for everything you all do 💝❣️💕 ... See MoreSee Less
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📟📟 CALL OUT 📟📟Early this morning The Irish Coast Guard tasked Waterford City River Rescue, this was an interagency response involving Waterford City Fire Service, Waterford Ambulance Station and An Garda Siochana. This tasking was to respond to a person in distress in the area of Rice Bridge In Waterford City. This incident was brought to a successful conclusion by emergency services and we wish the person involved a speedy recovery. Thank you to The Irish Coast Guard for coordinating this mornings incident.We would like to reiterate the absolute importance of an early call to the Emergency Services for water incidents so the relevant services can be dispatched promptly. Please remember if you see anyone in difficulty on our Lakes, Rivers or Coast, Call 999 or 112 and ask for The Irish Coast Guard who will dispatch the services needed to the scene, Do not assume somebody has already made that call.Please remember you are never alone, if you need help please contact. Pieta House 24 hour helpline at 1800 247 247 .Samaritans at 116 123.For free 24/7 support in a crisis, free-text HELLO to 50808.Men's Aid 01 5543811,Women's Aid 1800 341 900ALONE 0818 222 02 ... See MoreSee Less
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☘️🇮🇪💚☘️🇮🇪💚“Happy St. Patrick's Day” “Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona duit!”☘️🇮🇪💚☘️🇮🇪🍾We hope you all have a wonderful and safe St. Patrick’s Day. Thank you to you all for your continued support, we are so grateful to you all.We would like to reiterate the absolute importance of an early call to the Emergency Services for water incidents so the relevant services can be dispatched promptly. Please remember if you see anyone in difficulty on our Lakes, Rivers or Coast, Call 999 or 112 and ask for The Irish Coast Guard who will dispatch the services needed to the scene, Do not assume somebody has already made that call. ... See MoreSee Less
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Today we remember the heroic crew of Coastguard Helicopter Rescue 116 who lost their lives in the service of others, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby and winchman Ciarán Smith. “All gave some, some gave allSo that others may live”“Go Mairidís Beo”.#IrishCoastGuard #IRCG #searchandrescue #sar #rescue116 ... See MoreSee Less
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