Exmouth RNLI recruiting additional volunteers after a successful 2018

Exmouth RNLI

Last week, the charity that saves lives at sea published statistics from 2018. Exmouth lifeboats launched a total of 73 times on service, assisted 53 people and saved three lives. The sixth busiest station in the south west is recruiting…

07Apr

Both Exmouth lifeboats launch on service as boat jumble sale starts

Exmouth RNLI

On the morning of 7 April, Solent Coastguard tasked both lifeboats to search for a missing person in the river Exe, near Imperial Recreation ground. Inshore D class lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 9.17am and Shannon class lifeboat R…

04Apr

Peter donates £620 to Exmouth RNLI

John Thorogood

Local Exmouth man, Peter Andrews, recently made a very generous donation of £620.00 on behalf of the Southampton Lodge of Brevity where he recently completed his tenure as Master of the Lodge. Peter specially selected Exmouth RNLI as his chosen…

02Apr

Lympstone Brownies raise £101.50 for Exmouth RNLI

John Thorogood

Very grateful thanks to Lympstone Brownies who raised £101.50 for Exmouth RNLI following a fundraising evening on 28th November 2018 that included running stalls such as lucky dip, a dice game, hook a duck and a cake stall etc.,

28Mar

Exmouth’s Southern Co-Op raises £1,000 for the local RNLI

John Thorogood

The staff at Exmouth’s Southern Co-Op in Brixington have raised an incredible £1,000 for Exmouth RNLI in their 2018/19 year long fundraiser for the local lifesaving charity. The campaign, organised by Store Manager, Kirsten WADE and her staff, involved raising…

26Feb

Exmouth RNLI rescue two ladies in the river Exe, cut off by the tide, in the dark

Exmouth RNLI

Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 7.11pm on 25 February, following a call to the Coastguard from two ladies stranded on a sandbank in the river Exe, with an incoming tide. Searching near Exmouth railway station with heat-seeking equipment,…

06Feb

Exmouth volunteers played a role in multi-agency tasking to rescue man with possible leg injury

Exmouth RNLI

Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat launched at 2.24pm on 6 February to assist Exmouth and Beer Coastguard Rescue teams on Rodney Bay beach. A 73 year old man needed medical assistance at a location inaccessible by ambulance. Three Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers…

19Jan

Des goes the distance for Exmouth RNLI

John Thorogood

Veteran long distance runner and Exmouth RNLI volunteer, Des White will be running this year’s London Marathon in aid of the local charity. Des has recently qualified as a Tour Guide at the station and is looking forward to raising…

24Dec

Exmouth RNLI Crew volunteers rescue Ted the dog, after fall

Exmouth RNLI

Exmouth’s D class inshore lifeboat launched at 4.14pm on 23 December, following a 999 call concerning a dog fallen into the water at Red Rock, Dawlish Warren. Within six minutes Crew volunteers were on scene. In a notable swell, rising…

22Dec

Exmouth lifeboat family carols begin with a Mayday call for help

Exmouth RNLI

As guests were arriving for lifeboat carols at station on 21 December, Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat was tasked following the transmission of a weak Mayday call for help, somewhere in west Lyme Bay. The D class lifeboat launched at 5.39pm and…

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