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RNLI Crews Have Launched 1078 Times During Festive Period In Recent Years

by John Johnson
21 December 2018
in Emergency Services News, Lifeboat / Search & Rescue
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RNLI Crews Have Launched 1078 Times During Festive Period In Recent Years

Portrait of Lowestoft crew member Philip Holdsworth wearing new Helly Hansen kit. Snow.

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Of those launches 96 took place on Christmas Day taking volunteer RNLI crews away from family celebrations to help save others.

This Christmas the (RNLI) will once again be providing a 24/7 rescue service throughout the festive period at the charity’s 238 stations covering the UK and Republic of Ireland.

Christmas morning in 2012 saw both Hastings Lifeboats launch in horrendous conditions.

A report had come in of numerous people in the water.

Battling 45 knot winds the lifeboats arrived on scene and medical attention was given by other emergency service to one person now on the shore but sadly this was in vain.

On Christmas Day last year the pagers sounded out for Tynemouth volunteers late in the evening to reports of a person in the water, luckily the person was quickly recovered by other emergency services.

Statistics shared by the RNLI for the last 10 years show that during the festive period the most common cause for lifeboats launching was to people in the water or people caught out on a shoreline or beach.

Guy Addington, Community Safety Partner says

‘The festive period is no different to any other time of year and we have such dedicated volunteers on call if a call comes in.

‘With people heading to the coast for a stroll we ask you to take care.

‘Around 190 people lose their lives at the UK and Irish Coast each year and over half never even planned to enter the water.

‘As well as slips trips and falls tidal cut offs are also a contributing factor to RNLI call outs.

‘Please take a look at the tide times and always have a means of calling for help.

‘Remember, if you need help or someone else is in difficulty dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard.’

Four lifeboat stations are routinely fully crewed due to the location and number of call outs and Christmas is no exception which means they will miss out on Christmas dinner with their families.

Crews will be on standby at Humber Lifeboat Station, and three lifeboat stations on the Thames at Tower, Gravesend and Chiswick.

Portrait of Lowestoft crew member Philip Holdsworth wearing new Helly Hansen kit. Snow.

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