
Volunteers from Plymouth RNLI launch on service
Plymouth RNLI rescue a 25 year old male from local beach.
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The Plymouth RNLI Volunteers launched the charities Atlantic 85 (Annabel E Jones) to assist the South West Ambulance Service, Looe and Tamar Coastguard teams extract a casualty from Wiggle Cliff in Whitsand Bay.
After a full assessment from the South West Ambulance Service the casualty was taken on board the inshore lifeboat to an awaiting ambulance at Cremyll slipway.
Given the current COVID-19 outbreak, the RNLI is urging everyone not to use the sea for exercise or recreation, and to follow the clear Government instructions: Stay home, protect the NHS and save lives.
While you are allowed out for daily exercise, we do not recommend that this exercise is on or in the sea.
Our charity’s lifeboat service is still available but every time a lifeboat crew is called to an incident, it puts additional pressure on RNLI volunteers and other front line emergency services as well as potentially exposing them to COVID-19.
You could be fully competent and never needed rescue but by going out on the water you could encourage others who are less proficient to take part in similar activities.
The volunteer crew returned to station at 7pm and after a full clean down are now ready for service.
You can read more about the RNLI’s advice at: https://rnli.org/…/rnli-urges-people-not-to-use-the-sea-for…
In a coastal emergency dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard
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The RNLI is the charity that 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 146,700 lives.
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