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

This afternoon Waterford City River Rescue was tasked by the Irish Coast Guard to a vessel that had lost power on the River Suir. Waterford City River Rescue launched 2 Rescue Boats in response to the call. The vessel carrying 7 passagers and 2 crew, was subsequently towed to the Marina in Waterford with all onboard safe and well. 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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From all the crew here at Waterford City River Rescue, we would like to wish you all a safe and very Happy Easter. We want to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and generosity towards Waterford City River Rescue. 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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We were delighted to welcome Vivienne Dwyer and Joe Doyle fromThe Richie Dwyer Over 35’s League, to Waterford City River Rescue yesterday. A €1500 donation was made to us on behalf of the Dwyer and O’Neill families. We were delighted to welcome Lenny’s Mam Peggy and sisters Yvonne and Fiona. Lenny was a wonderful friend of WCRR and sadly passed away in 2019, he is very much missed by our crew. We are so proud that our rescue boat the Lenny O’ is named after Lenny and his Dad, carrying on their legacy of helping others. Thank you so much everyone, we are incredibly grateful for all your support and friendship. ... 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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