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

Our 2024 calendar is out in shops and we will be adding more locations soon. Thank you to Paddy Tubbritt for allowing us to use his beautiful photograph of our beautiful city “Sunset on the Quay” as this year’s Cover. We would like to thank all the amazing photographers and sponsors who make our calendar possible. Thank you to everyone for their continued support. We would like to say a thank you to our local shops for selling our calendars your support is absolutely amazing.Coady's Centra Waterford Farran Pk(Centra Farren Park, Waterford.Dunphy,s Traditional Family Butchers Lisduggan Shopping Centre, Waterford)The Marian, Upper Yellow Road, Waterford Calendars can also be purchased from any of our crew members or via Private Message on Facebook.Thank you so much everyone. ... See MoreSee Less
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Our crew had a fantastic morning training session today. Thank you to all involved. Thank you to Sam for the fantastic footage. ... See MoreSee Less
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Stay safe everyone and please follow advice being issued in your areas #StormDebi#StormDebi Update 🌧🌧⚠ Met Éireann have updated the Status Red Wind Warning to include 14 counties ⚠Dublin, Kildare, Laois, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, and Wicklow, Clare, Galway, Kerry, Limerick, Roscommon, and Tipperary.⚠Status Orange and Status Yellow Wind Warnings remain in place for the rest of the country. 🌧 Flooding is likely in coastal areas and river levels are very high. 🛑 Due to the high intensity of #StormDebi members of the public are advised to stay indoors, avoid travel in Status Red areas and delay travel in Status Orange areas, where possible. ❗️All road users are urged to take extreme caution❗️For details and updates on weather warnings, visit: www.met.ie/#KeepingPeopleSafe ... See MoreSee Less
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📟📟 CALL OUT 📟📟 Last night the Irish Coast Guard activated the pagers of Waterford CRBI to respond to reports that a person was threatening to enter the water in the area of the Rice Bridge. Boat crews from WCRR and Waterford City Fire Service launched and proceeded to the incident location. This incident was brought to a successful conclusion by An Garda Síochána. The person was handed over to Waterford Ambulance Station. Thank you to everyone involved and to MRCC for coordinating last nights incident. Thank you to all those who stopped to help and call 999/112. We wish the person involved a speedy recovery. 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.#waterfordcrbi #waterfordcityriverrescuecrbi1 #waterfordcity #CRBI #irishcoastguard #SARfamily#staysafe #lifeboat#emergencyservices #rescue #waterfordcityfireservice #angardasiochana #waterfordambulanceservice ... See MoreSee Less
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Welcome to November 2023 time to turn the page on your WCRR calendar. This months fabulous photograph showcasing our beautiful “‘View from above” was taken by Paddy Tubbritt. This month is very kindly sponsored by the wonderful Treacys Hotel Waterford,1 Merchants Quay, Waterford, the perfect place to stay on any visit to our beautiful City, please call them on 051 877222. 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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