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Change of Lifeboat Operations Manager at Falmouth RNLI
Long serving RNLI volunteer Nick Lewis stepped down as the station’s lifeboat operations manager in September and handed over the role to Launch Authority Jerry Plant.
Nick first joined the crew at Falmouth in 1985 and served on the inshore and all-weather lifeboats, later becoming a helm on the station’s B class Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat. He stepped down from the crew in 2010 and took up a role as a deputy launching authority. In 2019 Nick was appointed as Falmouth RNLI’s Lifeboat Operations Manager. He was awarded a crew long service badge in 2005 and a 30-year long service medal in 2020.
Nick isn’t stepping away from the RNLI though as he is continuing as a launch authority.
Jerry joined the station as a launch authority in November 2022. He said: ‘I’ve been around Falmouth on and off since around 1996, when I came to Culdrose with the Royal Navy. I’ve sailed around the local area for many years and I feel privileged to take over from Nick.’
The role of lifeboat operations manager (previously honorary secretary) is important with helping to save lives at sea by overseeing the day-to-day management of the lifeboat station to ensure a permanent state of readiness for service.
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Kyle Reed, RNLI Regional Communications Manager for South West England, 07786 668847, [email protected]
Amy Caldwell, RNLI Regional Communications Lead for South West England, 07920 818807, [email protected]
RNLI Press Office, 01202 336789, [email protected]
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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.
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