Volunteers from Plymouth RNLI launch on service

#Launch24

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.

We know people who live at the coast still want to exercise by the sea, but when you do this, please think of the potential impact of your actions on RNLI lifeboat volunteers and other emergency services.

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…

#StayHome

#ProtectTheNHS

#SaveLives

In a coastal emergency dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard

Key facts about the RNLI

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 over 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and, in a normal year, 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 142,700 lives.

Learn more about the RNLI

For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. News releases, videos and photos are available on the News Centre.

Contacting the RNLI - public enquiries

Members of the public may contact the RNLI on 0300 300 9990 (UK) or 1800 991802 (Ireland) or by email.