Blyth RNLI assist in cliff rescue

On Sunday 27 October at 4.18pm the volunteer crew at Blyth RNLI were paged to reports of a dog that had gone over the cliffs at between Seaton Sluice and Hartley.
The D class inshore lifeboat was launched with 3 volunteer crew members on board and arrived on scene at 4.35pm.
Carrying out a shoreline search of the area, they located the dog and informed UK Coastguard that the local Blyth Coastguard Rescue Team would be required as the dog was situated down the cliffs and hadn't reached the water.
The inshore lifeboat remained on scene whilst Blyth Coastguard Rescue Team together Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade who were also in attendance, used their cliff rescue equipment to bring the dog back to safety.
Once the dog was reunited with its owners the volunteer crew were stood down at 5.32pm and returned to the lifeboat station and made ready for service at 5.50pm.
Barry Pearson, Lifeboat Operations Manager at Blyth RNLI said:'We were launched to reports of a dog that had gone over the cliffs between Seaton Sluice and Hartley. Once the volunteer crew reached the scene they realised that they weren't going to be able to reach the dog due to it's position, so requested further assistance via UK Coastguard. We are glad that the dog was rescued safely.'
The RNLI has useful safety tips when walking your dog near the water or cliff tops and these can be found be here https://rnli.org/safety/choose-your-activity/coastal-walking/dog-walking

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