
Two firsts of the year for Newquay RNLI as crew called to assist in search
Newquay's RNLI lifeboat volunteers were paged for the first time in 2025 at 8.27am on Sunday (19 January) and requested to carry out a shoreline search after clothing and personal items were found on the footbridge at Porth Island.
Local property landlord and former NHS communications specialist, Ann-Marie first volunteered at Newquay RNLI as deputy lifeboat press officer in 2019, before expanding her involvement at the station to become shore crew in 2021 and lifeboat press officer in 2022, both roles she maintains alongside launch authority, which she qualified as last November.
Ann-Marie said: 'Being a launch authority is a big responsibility but it's no different to the commitment shown by every other RNLI volunteer. I'd been checking my pager was still switched on all week and I thought I'd be nervous, but when it went off for my first shout as launch authority, when I was at home getting ready to go to the station for our Sunday morning exercise, I was fine. I stayed calm and remembered the training and advice I'd been given by my colleagues. The shout was a good team effort and a positive outcome for everyone involved'.
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