The Coastguard helicopter was banned from landing at Derriford Hospital after a woman was fatally injured by the draft from a landing plane. A car park near the heliport was also closed as a precaution after the death yesterday of Jean Langan, 87. She and another woman in her 80s were knocked down when a […]
Updated: January 20, 2022 08:35 British Coastguard officers held a training exercise with the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coastguard and other emergency services. RBR Coastguard soldiers during a training exercise with HM UK Coastguard (photograph provided) The exercise was led by Commander Phil Bostock, operational manager of the SM Coast Guard, Overseas Territories Search and Rescue […]
TWO hundred years of service is the milestone reached by HM Coastguard this weekend. The service was formed on January 15, 1822 and today consists of 352 teams located at stations across the UK. In Pembrokeshire there are rescue teams based in St Davids, St Govans, Tenby, Broad Haven, Dale and Fishguard and the Maritime […]
A commitment to caring for people on the frontline has led the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to appoint its first-ever full-time chaplain – and he’s from Cornwall. The Reverend Tom Ebbens, from Constantine, began his career with Her Majesty’s Coastguard as a volunteer and has since worked in both operations centers handling distress calls and […]
Two hundred years of saving lives along Britain’s coasts and at sea, as well as coordinating the rescues of people in distress in international waters, are celebrated this year as HM Coastguard celebrates its milestone anniversary. It was on January 15, 1822 that HM Coastguard was officially established and has been working ever since to […]
Coastguards across the country are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the service dedicated to saving lives at sea. Originally established on 15 January 1822 to combat smuggling, Her Majesty’s Coastguard expanded over the next 200 years to its current form, which involves 3,500 volunteers in 310 teams across the UK, which are supported by 10 […]
The team was dispatched at 2.30am on Wednesday December 30, after receiving reports of a dog trapped on a riverbank near the ruins of Berwick Castle. When they arrived at the scene, the team found the owners of the dogs, who had been searching for hours. The team decided to continue research, in order to […]
The swimmer had been swept out to sea on Little Fistral Beach in Cornwall and was spotted by someone ashore because she was wearing a pink hat and holding a pink tank on Saturday at 12:45 p.m. Video upload Video unavailable The video will play automatically soon8to cancel Play now Cornwall woman rescued from sea […]
Bristow Helicopters press release | 25 October 2021 Estimated reading time 3 minutes 38 seconds. A prestigious Master Rearcrew certificate was presented to Kevin Weller, Technical Team Leader at HM Coast Guard Search and Rescue (SAR) Base, Caernarfon, to recognize his contribution to rotary aviation. Kevin Weller, Technical Team Leader at HM Coast Guard Search […]
As schools in Northern Ireland prepare for the midterm break, the RNLI and Coast Guard are reminding everyone to stay safe if they are heading for the coast or visiting the local waterways at the approach of autumn. During last year’s mid-term vacation, RNLI lifeboats across Ireland and the UK were launched 143 times and […]
Two men had to be rescued from the cliffs of Tintagel after being cut off by the tide. The couple had gone fishing, but climbed the cliff – about 20 feet – to avoid the waves, which then left them stranded. A Coast Guard rescue helicopter was dispatched to the scene and the two men […]
One person was reportedly in the water standing at the pier in a Blackpool hoax. It was reported to HM Fleetwood Coastguard that a person in the water was standing at the legs of North Pier at around 7:10 p.m. Sunday, September 5. Upon arrival at North Pier, along with HM Lytham Coastguard, two Coast […]
newsAugust 29, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. Orkney MSP Liam McArthur met HM Coastguards Area Commander for Orkney and Shetland, Dave Sweeney, during a visit to Kirkwall base last week. The Orkney Coastguard Station team welcomed the visit of Liam McArthur MSP last Wednesday. Orkney MSP met HM Coastguard Area Commander for Orkney and Shetland, Dave […]
This is the dramatic moment the Coast Guard helicopter made a daring landing next to the South Stack Lighthouse during a rescue. The Caernarfon-based helicopter landed in the dead end next to the famous Anglsey building after a person slipped and broke his ankle on Thursday. They were then taken to hospital for treatment. READ […]
Three people – including a child – were rushed to hospital after being rescued from the water off the coast of Fife. A major emergency operation was launched Thursday afternoon following a call to 999, involving HM Coastguard, RNLI, a search and rescue helicopter and the Scottish Ambulance Service. The incident happened around 1 p.m. […]
One person was retrieved from the water and brought inland by a Coast Guard helicopter for transport to hospital after multiple 999 calls reported a person in the water at Carbis Bay on Friday evening. The incident happened around 8:30 p.m. and a victim was airlifted to St Ives Harbor to be transferred to an […]
Chris Higgins, a team leader at Keswick Mountain Rescue Team, captured the bizarre photo of the Coast Guard helicopter as the dramatic rescue took place last Saturday night. After the photo was shared on social media, legions of people stepped in to express how much she looks like the famous Star Trek Arts and crafts. […]
The coast guard and a naval officer rushed to Ballycastle on Sunday after reports of dolphins being harassed. Disturbing wildlife, whether at sea or on land, is an offense and can result in hefty fines and potentially a criminal record. Ballycastle Coast Guard said they had to task the boats with speaking to members of […]
HM Coastguard’s first operational drone flight will join helicopters, planes, boats and cliff-top rescue teams for the first time on rescue missions at sea and on land in North Wales this summer. The drone, initially tested a year ago during the first easing of pandemic restrictions, will fly from HM Coastguard helicopter base in Caernarfon, […]
A new warning has been issued by the Marine and Coastguard Agency after nine people have been killed in the past 10 days on UK beaches and coast. It comes as record numbers of vacationers visit the seaside, due to an increase in stays during the pandemic. The advice for swimmers to think twice also […]
Drone will operate on surveillance missions (Bristow Helicopters) Posted on Jul 22, 2021 4:56 PM by The maritime executive HM Coastguard is adding a new tool for its search and rescue missions, unmanned drones it plans to operate alongside the rescue helicopter and fixed-wing surveillance aircraft of its current teams. The first operational drone flight […]
Image courtesy of MCA Posted on Jul 8, 2021, 11:01 AM by The maritime executive [By: MCA] This week’s Maritime Safety Week marks almost six months to the day until Her Majesty’s Coast Guard celebrates a milestone anniversary – and we need your help to make the occasion even more special. On January 15, 2022, […]
Bristow press release | June 23, 2021 Estimated reading time 4 minutes, 54 seconds. A prestigious Royal Humane Society award has been presented to Mark Scotland, paramedic with HM Coastguard Search and Rescue Lydd, following his heroic actions to save a 12-year-old girl off the coast of Kent’s last year. Coast Guard Search and Rescue […]
Leon Marandola’s hoax calls led HM Coastguard to deploy helicopters, coastguard rescue workers and RNLI lifeboats at a cost of £ 170,000 Helicopters, RNLI lifeboats and HM coastguard teams have all been deployed in the wake of the hoax calls. Credit: Getty Leon Marandola was sentenced in Scotland after making false and malicious calls to […]
Ahead of the holiday weekend, the RNLI and HM Coastguard are launching a new safety campaign, urging everyone to choose supervised beaches when visiting the coast. With uncertainty about overseas vacations and international travel lingering, RNLI predicts this summer will be the busiest ever as Covid restrictions are relaxed and people choose to ‘stay on […]
Posted on May 27, 2021 at 10:14 PM by The maritime executive In a daring operation Wednesday, the Newhaven RNLI lifeboat helped evacuate a crew member with a serious medical emergency from the deck of the sailing training tall ship London Pelican. At approximately 5:00 a.m. on May 18, HM Coastguard received a distress call […]
COASTGUARD volunteers in Helensburgh should be duly recognized as paid employees of the UK government, according to a union. GMB Scotland is calling on the state to ‘value and properly recognize’ the work of nearly 3,000 volunteer rescue workers at more than 300 stations across the UK, including at Helensburgh base in Rhu Marina. The […]
Secretary of State for Transport appointed Christopher Rodrigues CBE as the new non-executive chairman of the Maritime and Coast Guard Agency (MCA), the government agency tasked with further strengthening the UK’s position at the forefront of global shipping. Mr. Rodrigues brings extensive international experience as Chairman of public, private and government sector organizations in tourism, […]
A team from the Lacashire Coast Guard explained what to do if you find a dead animal on the beach after three carcasses have washed up on the Fylde coast within a week. On Monday (March 29), the HM Fleetwood Coast Guard were contacted by a member of the public about a wreck washed up […]
Coastguards are warning the public to stay away after a dead humpback whale stranded on Blyth Beach. They received reports of the stranded whale in Northumberland this morning and a cordon is now in place. At approximately 7:15 a.m. today, HM Coastguard received a report of a whale stranded near the shore of Blyth Beach […]
Courtesy of UK MAIB Posted on March 5, 2021 at 4:20 p.m. by The Maritime Executive The life raft for the fishing boat Nicholas Faith, who went missing off Wales with her crew of three in January, has been found. Nicholas Faith went […]