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St Ives join multiple RNLI stations for person in the water

Lifeboats News Release

Multiple emergency services involved.

RNLI/Niki Brooks

All weather lifeboat leaving St Ives Harbour
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Our Volunteer RNLI lifeboat crews from St Ives, St Agnes, Newquay, Padstow and Sennen Cove worked with other emergency services yesterday (12 November) in the search for a person in the water off Tubby’s Head near St Agnes.

Our volunteer lifeboat crews spent 14 hours at sea to search through darkness into the early hours of the morning.

This morning, the Coastguard have tasked the volunteer lifeboat crews from Newquay and St Agnes to resume a shoreline search.

This is a huge collective effort by all our volunteers and search and rescue colleagues, both those on scene and those providing back up support and our thoughts are with the casualty’s family and friends as the search continues.

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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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About the author

Niki Brooks
Lifeboat Press Officer, St Ives Lifeboat Station

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