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Kirkwall RNLI Lifeboat launches to two people in sinking dinghyKirkwall RNLI lifeboat was called out after a member of the public raised the alarm after seeing a sinking dinghy with two people aboard in Holm Sound. Shetland Coastguard (SCG) paged "Request launch ALB" and called duty Launching Authority Jim Mitchell at 5... Seven rescued by Penarth LifeboatsPenarth lifeboat crew have once again been busy, with three calls received in just four days. The first call came on Thursday 12th August, when the crew received a report of 7 people cut off by the tide and stranded on Ball Rock – a tiny island just beyond St Mary’s Well Bay... Evening call for Whitby's RNLI lifeboatAt 7.45pm on Monday 16th August 2010, Whitby’s RNLI inshore lifeboat, OEM Stone III, was launched to a casualty at the bottom of the cliff near Saltwick Nab... RNLI lifeguards on Porthmeor rescue ten people from rip currentRNLI lifeguards patrolling Porthmeor beach in St Ives rescued ten bathers caught in a rip current last week (Thursday 12 August) The incident happened at around lunchtime, when a rip current formed on the right hand side of the bathing area, between the red and yellow flags and the black and white flags. There were around 250 bathers in the water at the time, and the strength of the current drew 10 bathers out of the swimming zone very quickly... Poole RNLI rescues teenagers thrown from their boatPoole’s RNLI inshore lifeboat launched earlier today (August 17) to a report that three teenagers were in the water, having been thrown from their boat. The boat was precariously turning around in circles with no one on board... St Davids RNLI launch to assist injured seamanOn Monday August 16th at 2:20pm St Davids RNLI all-weather lifeboat (ALB), under the command of deputy second coxswain Ian Gray, launched on service to the aid of an injured seaman. The seaman was on the oil tanker Minerva Anna that was anchored on the south side of St Brides Bay... Lifeguard rescue after boy jumps off Llangrannog rocksA Royal Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeguard rescued a 15-year-old who was complaining of spinal pains after jumping off a rock at Llangrannog, Ceredigion, on Monday August 16. Lifeguard Sam Willmott was out at sea training on paddle board between the second and third bays at Llangrannog on Monday afternoon (16 August) when he saw some young lads jumping off a rock that sticks out of the sea at Third Bay (tombstoning)... Five Calls in Six Days for Abersoch RNLIAbersoch RNLI volunteer crew has launched the inshore lifeboat five times in six days to help save lives at sea. On Monday, August 9, the Abersoch RNLI inshore lifeboat (ILB) was attending the Annual Raft Race, a fundraising event in aid of the RNLI... Two launches and an open day â a busy weekend for Criccieth RNLICriccieth RNLI lifeboat crew had a busy weekend; the Doris Joan inshore lifeboat was launched twice and the volunteers also held their annual Lifeboat Open Day. The volunteer lifeboat crew were paged at 6:35pm on Saturday after senior helm, Paul Filby, noticed a boat drifting out to sea... RNLI lifeguards at Whitsand Bay administer first aid treatment to lady with suspected broken ankleRNLI lifeguards based at Treganhawke beach, one of the beaches along Whitsand Bay in south east Cornwall, provided first aid treatment to a lady with a suspected broken ankle she sustained falling on rocks this morning (Monday 16 August) At around 11am, RNLI lifeguard Tom McHugh was alerted by a member of the public to the lady who had been scrambling over rocks to reach Treganhawke from Main beach at high tide when she’d fallen. Tom and fellow RNLI lifeguard Chris Wafer responded immediately... Lymington RNLI lifeboat assist injured sailorEarly on Monday (16th August) evening with the crew already assembling for training, Lymington RNLI crew were tasked by Solent Coastguard to proceed to Clamerkin Lake in Newtown Creek to provide assistance and casualty evacuation to a sailor who had slipped in his cockpit and caused himself a serious facial injury. On arrival they found the casualty being attended to by his sailing colleagues but in need of urgent medical attention... Five callouts for Fowey RNLIIn the past week Fowey RNLI lifeboats have answered five callouts to people in trouble either on the water or on the rocks. Last Sunday afternoon, the 8th August, both the Trent class all-weather lifeboat Maurice and Joyce Hardy and the D class inshore lifeboat Olive Two were making their way to Mevagissey for a helicopter exercise as part of Mevagissey Lifeboat day... RNLI Sheerness lifeboat volunteers have busy few daysThe weekend got off to an urgent and busy start for the volunteers of the RNLI’s Sheerness inshore lifeboat when it was tasked on Saturday 14 August at 1.26pm to reports of a man threatening to jump from the Rochester Bridge on the River Medway... Five rescued by Tynemouth RNLI lifeboatFive men were rescued on Monday morning when their fishing boat ran aground on rocks at South Shields pier. Coastguards were alerted at 10... Mudeford RNLI rescue two men who'd fallen out of dinghyMudeford’s volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew were involved in a dramatic rescue on Sunday morning (15 August) when they responded to a call to two men who’d fallen into fast flowing water at Mudeford quay. The crew had no time to launch the lifeboat and immediately rushed to assist the two men as they were in danger of being swept out to sea by the current... Double launch over the weekend for Penlee's volunteer RNLI lifeboat crewThe volunteer crew of Penlee’s Severn class all weather lifeboat and the Atlantic 75 were tasked at the same time on Saturday (14 August), to assist two yachts experiencing difficulties in strong northerly winds. Falmouth Coastguard requested the launch of Penlee’s all weather lifeboat to assist a ten-metre yacht with two crew, suffering from engine failure and damaged sails due to the strong wind nine miles south of Newlyn... Beaumaris RNLI goes to the aid of 12 year old boyThe volunteer crew of Beaumaris Lifeboat Station were called out this morning at 11:06am in response to an incident with a 12 year old boy adrift at Abermenai in a 13 foot dory with engine failure. On arrival at the scene, two of the volunteer lifeboat crew entered the water to reach the casualty... Two call outs for volunteer crew on opening night of Swanage Lifeboat WeekPreparations for the first evening of Swanage Lifeboat Week were interrupted in appropriate fashion when the volunteer crew’s pagers sounded not once but twice last night (Sunday 15 August). At 6... RNLI lifeguards save distressed hunting dogRNLI lifeguards at New Quay, Ceredigion, West Wales rescued a hunting dog that refused to come out of the water after jumping off nearby cliffs. It is believed that the dog may have been chasing a wave buoy, which it had possibly mistaken for a bird or another animal... Burry Port's Busy SundayOn Sunday, 15 August 2010, just as the volunteers at the RNLI’s station at Burry Port were recovering the lifeboats after their Sunday morning exercise they were tasked to a broken down RIB one and a half miles north of Burry Holmes. The RIB with two persons, from Llanelli, had left Burry Port earlier in the morning but the crew was unable to start the engine when it was time to return... |
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