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The first recorded independent lifeboat service was established in 1776 at Formby, 7 miles south of Southport, where there is still an independent lifeboat service (see table). [5] Many early lifeboat stations were taken under the wing of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution after its foundation in 1824 and throughout the 19th and 20th ...
A lifeboat charity says a new thermal imaging camera would "undoubtedly" save lives. The equipment was gifted to Hornsea Inshore Rescue by Humberside Fire and Rescue Service on Thursday.
A museum in Suffolk is celebrating 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The charity was founded in a pub in Bishopsgate in the City of London in 1824.
Mundesley Volunteer Lifeboat Bacton: Bacton, Norfolk: 1857–1882 Palling: Palling, Norfolk: 1852–1930 No evidence of Old Lifeboat Station. Independent lifeboat operated since 1972 by Sea Palling Independent Rescue [7] Winterton: Winterton, Norfolk: 1823–1925 Just the building foundations remain Caister: Caister, Norfolk: 1845–1969
Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS) is a volunteer-operated independent lifeboat charity based in Gosport, Hampshire, England. [1] It operates free lifeboat services from its station in Alverstoke covering the stretch of the Solent from Portsmouth Harbour to Titchfield Haven.
Mike Picknett, lifeboat operations manager at Redcar RNLI, said of the Christmas Eve incident: "Part of our lifeboat crew's training includes casualty care where they are taught how to carry out CPR.
With the opening of a charity shop in Birkdale in 2005, the Southport Lifeboat have been able to continually update the kit available for the crew.. The Heather White's engine's were upgraded from twin 135 hp (101 kW) to twin 150 hp (110 kW) outboards, and are now continually replaced after three years of service.