Dover RNLI hosts Emergency Services Day Sunday 19 July

The Emergency Service Day showcases the work of the various professional and volunteer organisations that work alongside each other to provide emergency cover and response to incidents at sea and along the coastline. There will be static displays with equipment and vehicles, with information and staff on hand to explain their work.

There will be limited spaces available for tours on board the Dover All Weather Lifeboat The Duke of Kent (subject to operational requirements). Event Attendees include:

• Dover RNLI and crew
• Walmer RNLI and crew
• Littlestone RNLI and crew
• HM Coastguard
• Kent Police Response Team
• Kent Police Rural Task Force
• Port of Dover Police
• Kent Fire & Rescue Service
• South East Coast Ambulance Service
• SERV Kent - Kent Bloodrunners
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• British Transport Police
• British Diver Marine Life Rescue
• Salvation Army

• Dan Jenkins – Dottie Boards
• Trevor Boston – Lifeboat models

Additional information

Nearby public parking available along New Marina Curve. Note there is no public parking at the Dover RNLI Lifeboat Station itself.

RNLI Media Contacts

For further information, please contact:

David Hampson-Ghani, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer for Dover RNLI, [email protected]

Sam Haddad, RNLI Regional Communications Manager for London and South East England, [email protected], 01202 137713

Julie Rainey, RNLI Regional Communications Lead for London and South East England, 07827 358256, [email protected]

RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789, [email protected]

Key facts about the RNLI

The RNLI is the charity that 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 146,700 lives.

Learn more about the RNLI

For more information please visit the RNLI website or Facebook, TikTok 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.