LIFEBOAT CREW ASSIST WITH COMMUNITY FIREWORKS DISPLAY

Last Friday our volunteer crew donned their yellows and were out and about at Girvan's annual fireworks display taking up positions to assist in stewarding the event once again.

With the superb training we are provided by the RNLI including casualty care, the local attractions and entertainment committee once again reached out to our volunteer crew to help provide safety stewards for the annual event.

Pictured are some of the crew alongside other volunteers who assisted on the night from today's local newspaper.

The weather held out for a change and made for a fantastic display, with a great sense of community spirit from the crowd and volunteers alike.

We are on call 24/7 365 days of the year, but another large part of our role is education and prevention, interacting in community events like this gives people the chance to meet the crew and have a chat and possibly leave that little bit more aware of what we do.

Girvan Lifeboat 2017 Calendars are also now on sale at various outlets in the town as well as the RNLI shop and the station, a brilliant stocking filler for Xmas at only £5 and all proceeds go directly to Girvan Lifeboat.

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,000 lives.

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