Hundreds flocked to a special emergency services day at a Norfolk lifeboat station on Sunday, 8 September.
They saw Hunstanton RNLI's inshore lifeboat Spirit of West Norfolk and search and rescue hovercraft
Samburgh team up with Shannon Class all weather lifeboats Joel and April Grunnill, from Skegness and
Duke of Edinburgh, from Wells, for an exercise out in The Wash.
The day passed almost without incident - apart from Stormy Stan finding himself in handcuffs after police swooped.
Officers said they had received reports of Stormy wearing a loud costume in a protected area.
Luckily, his friend Welephant from the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade made a trunk call to clear up the misunderstanding.
There were stalls and vehicles on display, including HM Coastguard, the National Coastguard Institution, British Divers Marine Life Rescue, Norfolk's police and ambulance services and the Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade, which is celebrating its 140th anniversary.
The unique group of firefighters, who operate alongside the city's regular and retained crews, brought a vintage Land Rover pump dating back to 1963.
Like the RNLI crew at Hunstanton, they are all volunteers on call for whenever they are needed, rushing to their station on average more than 300 times a year when their pagers sound.
Hunstanton's Storm Force team also ran a sea safety session, while visitors could also chance their arm on a human fruit machine run by the Hunstanton and West Norfolk RNLI Guild.
Station visits lead Kate Craven, who organised the event, said: 'On National Emergency Services Day, what better way to bring together and celebrate our community emergency services.
'To have Hunstanton, Wells and Skegness RNLI displaying together in our 200th year and supported by our police, coastguard, ambulance, NCI Coastwatch, British Divers Marine Life Rescue and our special guests Peterborough Volunteer Fire Brigade on their 140th anniversary brought an incredible community spirit.'
Notes to editors
Hunstanton is one of Norfolk's busiest lifeboat stations, operating both the inshore lifeboat
Spirit of West Norfolk and search and rescue hovercraft Hunstanton Flyer.
With its two flanking stations, Wells and Skegness, it covers The Wash - a tidal estuary stretching for more than 100 square miles, along with parts of the north Norfolk and Lincolnshire coastlines.
Like more than 200 RNLI stations around the coast of the UK and Ireland, their lifesaving work could not be possible without the kindness of those who give donations or leave legacies to the charity that saves lives at sea.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of both the RNLI and the founding of a lifeboat service at Hunstanton.
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