by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jul 2, 2012 | Articles
Exmouth’s all weather lifeboat, Margaret Jeanwas tasked to assist a yacht in Lyme Bay at 1.53am on Monday 2 July. As volunteers were concluding the rescue nearly four hours later, another radio call from Brixham coast guards suggested another imminent rescue for the...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jun 18, 2012 | Articles
A total of eight Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew plus Coxswain and Lifeboat Medical Adviser were tasked to assist a cliff faller at Orcombe Point on the evening of Saturday 16 June. Following communication from Brixham coastguards, Deputy Launching Authority Dave Ashman...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jun 17, 2012 | Articles
Contractors installed a number of solar panels to the roof of Exmouth RNLI boathouse on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 June. This addition to the building on Queens Drive has increased the number of ways Exmouth RNLI are working with renewable sources to keep running costs...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | Jun 10, 2012 | Articles
Exmouth RNLI volunteers were launched on Friday 8 June when a man living on a boat up the river called for help after being taken ill. The team responded in the inshore lifeboat, transferring the sailor to shore for medical treatment. The man, who it’s believed lives...
by ian_taylor@rnli.org.uk | May 27, 2012 | Articles
A hot, sunny day in Exmouth has kept the RNLI lifeboat volunteers in the town busy on Saturday 26 May. In a space of four hours the crew of the D class inshore lifeboat attended to ten incidents. The emergencies alone illustrate the commitment of the station’s...