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Updated: 2 hours 49 min ago Teignmouth's RNLI lifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crew train with RAF ChivenorThe RNLI lifeguards and volunteer lifeboat crew from Teignmouth attracted crowds on the seafront last week (Monday 26 July) when they took part in a training exercise with the RAF Chivenor Julian Smart, RNLI lifeguard supervisor says; ‘The volunteer crew and lifeguards often work along side other search and rescue assets so training exercises like this are a great opportunity to familiarise ourselves with how each other operates. Over the 45-minute exercise we practised some casualty transfers... Back to back business for Poole RNLI lifeboat crew as they spend six hours at seaWhat started as a short voyage for machinery trials ended more than six hours later following four emergency call outs for the volunteer crew of the Poole RNLI lifeboat yesterday (Tuesday 3 August). The volunteers were called to one incident after another in breezy conditions and having put to sea at 1... Jersey lifeboat crews responded to ground yachtThe volunteer crews of the St Catherine’s RNLI lifeboat and the St Helier all weather lifeboat were paged by Jersey Coastguard at 2.40am this morning following reports of a French yacht aground on the Ecrehous reef... Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat called out four times in four days.Exmouth RNLI inshore lifeboat crew were tasked four times in the past week, with some early morning and late night call outs. The first was on 31st July at 4... Exmouth RNLI lifeboats called out to boat taking on waterExmouth RNLI volunteer crew were tasked to the aid of a motor boat taking on water - about one mile out to sea at Budleigh Salterton on Tuesday 3August at 1.46pm... Put RNLI in the running at the 2010 Bristol Half MarathonThe RNLI is looking for a team of marathon runners to raise money at this year’s Bristol Half Marathon. The event, which takes place on 5 September, is now in its 22nd year and continues to be a huge success, giving runners the perfect opportunity to support the RNLI... RNLI lifeguards in north Cornwall offer safety advise to beach goersRNLI lifeguards patrolling the beaches of north Cornwall are appealing to people not to tombstone. This comes after the RNLI lifeguards on Porthcothan had a busy morning administering first aid to a man who had dived 30 foot into waist depth water... Old and new lifeboats launch at Lyme Regis and Charmouth Lifeboat WeekHundreds packed the harbour and beach at Lyme Regis on Saturday to watch the ceremonial launch of a replica of one of the first lifeboats to be used by the RNLI in 1830. The boat, a lerrett, was built at the Lyme Regis Boat Building Academy by traditional wooden boat builder Gail McGarva... Falmouth RNLI Lifeboat Quayside Service to be conducted by the Reverend Barrington BennettsOn Sunday 8 August at 5pm, the annual Falmouth Lifeboat Quayside Service will be held on Custom House Quay, Falmouth. Both the inshore and the all-weather lifeboats will be in attendance and, after the service, the all-weather Severn class lifeboat will be open to visitors... Weston-Super-Mare RNLI open dayThe Weston-Super-Mare RNLI open day will take place at Anchor Head, by the RNLI shop and Heritage Centre, on Saturday 7 August. There will be many demonstrations and exhibits to reflect the multi-agency work of the rescue services of the Bristol Channel... Newquay RNLI's Lifeboat Day extravaganzaNewquay RNLI crew will be showing off their lifesaving skills at the station’s annual lifeboat day on Sunday 8 August. The annual fun-filled family day is packed to the gills with displays and entertainment from 11am to 6pm... Man overboard is rescued by RNLI lifeguard at Kennack SandsAn RNLI lifeguard on duty at Kennack Sands rescued a man who’d fallen out of his 15-foot dinghy 250 meters off the shore on Wednesday (28 July). RNLI lifeguard James Iliffe, aged 24, was patrolling the beach when a gentleman ran over to ask to use his binoculars... Pushing the boat out for The Lizard RNLI lifeboat appealIt’s tough enough launching a lifeboat for real but how about pushing one for 12 miles along the Cornish lanes? That’s exactly what volunteers from The Lizard lifeboat station are going to do to raise funds for their next all weather lifeboat. In just one day (Saturday 14 August) they’ll walk a D class inshore lifeboat and trailer from Lizard Green to The Flambards Experience theme park in Helston... A warm welcome awaits you at the Poole RNLI Lifeboat Open DayPoole RNLI Lifeboat Station will be holding its annual Open Day on Sunday 8 August from 11am until 4pm. Come and meet the lifeboat crew and show your support towards the RNLI... Schoolgirl from Saltash gets top marks on beach safety from the RNLIThanks to the RNLI, 9-year-old Alicia Ough from Saltash in Cornwall knew exactly what to do when she saw her friend and neighbour Becky Matthews in trouble in the water off Seaton beach on Sunday afternoon (25 July). Alicia attends St Stephens Primary School in Saltash where the RNLI’s education volunteers and lifeguards had visited before the summer holidays to deliver their beach safety talks... Swanage lifeboat searches through the night for potential man overboardLast night (Thursday 29 July) the Swanage volunteer lifeboat crew were summoned by Portland Coastguard at approximately 11.20pm to search for and investigate a light seen floating in Poole Bay, potentially on a life raft or from a man overboard lifering... Plenty in store for Bude lifeboat weekThis year’s annual lifeboat week in Bude is 28 August to 5 September and, as always, promises a variety of activities and events for all to enjoy. Organised solely by volunteers of the Bude committee, guild and crew, the annual event helps to raise much needed funds for the RNLI... Swanage lifeboat crew search for yacht adrift during the nightNot long after the lifeboat crew had taken to their beds after the regular Wednesday night training this week (28 July), they were woken by their pagers. Portland Coastguard had requested the launch of Swanage's all-weather lifeboat to assist a 36ft yacht that had suffered total electrical failure in a position thought to be five nautical miles south-west of St Albans Head... Another busy week for Salcombe RNLI inshore lifeboatThe Atlantic 75 inshore lifeboat Joan Bate has had another busy week in Salcombe, working alongside rescue teams from Hope Cove. There were three call outs within 24 hours, including the search for a missing person from a Paignton-based psychiatric ward... RNLI lifeguards on hand as two bodyboarders rescue three people in difficulty at Little FistralRNLI lifeguards on Fistral in Newquay were quickly on the scene this afternoon when four young people were caught in the rip current at neighbouring beach Little Fistral. On arrival one of the males had scrambled onto rocks while the other three had been saved by two male bodyboarders who were also in the water, the RNLI lifeguards helped administer first aid and clear an area for the helicopter to land... |
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