Introduction

The club serves the community with a Search and Recovery Unit. This work is totally voluntary responding to requests from statutory bodies and from local communities to assist in search and recovery operations all over the county and more recently in other counties. Over the years the members have been called upon on many occasions to assist in search and recovery missions. It is funded mainly by annual church gate collections and through funding obtained from Mayo County Council and the National Lottery Fund.

History of the Unit

The Search and Recovery Unit was formed in 1983 after we were involved in our first search in Lough Talt for two young children that were lost in the lake. We have carried out search and recovery operations in Mayo, Sligo, Galway, Roscommon, Meath and Westmeath to mention just some of the counties we have being called to. On average would get called out eight to ten times a year and this is a totally voluntary unit which responds to requests from the statutory bodies and from local communities to assist in search and recovery operations.

Without the likes of club members, fundraising  events and donations it would not be possible to keep the Unit going and to make sure that when a call comes in to help with the recovery of a lost person we are able to respond. We are all too aware that by the time we get a call, it is too late to help the person involved; however we want to give some peace of mind to the families and friends of the person lost.