Yarmouth’s Severn class all weather lifeboat, ‘Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer)’, was tasked to launch by HM Coastguard on Tuesday 28 June 2022 at 1.29pm to a member of the public that had tripped and fallen at the base of the cliffs near to Colwell Bay.
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Yarmouth’s Severn class all weather lifeboat, ‘Eric and Susan Hiscock (Wanderer)’
Yarmouth RNLI’s volunteer crew headed west out of Yarmouth harbour to the nearby bay where the Needles Coastguard team and paramedics were already in attendance. The support of the lifeboat had been requested as the location of the casualty was on terrain that was unsuitable for a land transfer to an ambulance.
Once on scene, the ALB deployed its smaller ‘Y’ boat in order to access the shoreline. Both the casualty - a male with a head injury and the paramedic were transferred to the lifeboat. They were then brought to Yarmouth where they were met by a waiting ambulance.
Yarmouth RNLI lifeboat returned to her berth and was ready for service at 2.42pm.
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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.
