A Lympstone couple have received national recognition of their charity efforts raising over £20,000 for the Exmouth RNLI. A presentation to Alan & Sally Burton took place last Saturday 14th July following their raising of over £20,000 in Lympstone for the...
On 13 July, inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 5pm to a solo sailor on board a 20' sailing boat aground at Rodney Bay. Crew were on scene within three minutes and discovered a passer-by in the water trying to hold the boat off rocks, who was at risk of...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 5.47pm on 11 July to two young ladies who were cut off by the tide, east of Orcombe Point. The casualties who were on holiday from Poland, messaged the Exmouth RNLI Facebook page because they were unsure what to do. One...
On 1 July, local emergency services were invited to Exmouth lifeboat station to take part in various scenarios, played by actors from Peninsula Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine team. The morning was organised by Crew volunteer and emergency doctor, Chris Marsh with the...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 9.48pm on 29 June to reports that a 16-year-old girl had fallen off a cliff at Orcombe Point. Crew volunteers were on scene within eight minutes and found the casualty on a ledge, assessed her and administered initial...
On Tuesday 19 June 2018, Exmouth RNLI were very pleased to receive their new Thermal Imaging Binoculars for use on their Shannon Class All Weather Lifeboat, R and J Welburn. These sophisticated binoculars target heat emissions, providing excellent vision in daylight,...
On 25 June at 5.30pm, Exmouth’s inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched following a 999 call from four teenagers cut off by the tide between Orcombe Point and Sandy Bay. Crew volunteers were on scene within four minutes, recovered the three boys and one girl and...
On 15 June at 10.45pm, Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn was tasked by the UK Coastguard after a sighting of a red flare, four to five miles north east from a vessel in Torbay. Crew volunteers searched for nearly five hours, approximately three miles offshore...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II and Shannon class lifeboat R and J Welburn launched on the evening of 11 June following a 999 call to the Coastguard. The call was made from a member of the public who thought they had seen a person in the water, waving their arm in...
On 31 May at 1.25pm, Exmouth inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched to assist a man who had been at sea for two days and had become disorientated near Langstone Rock. The skipper of a local passenger boat company had heard the Pan Pan call for help for assistance...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 10.44am on 28 May after a family with three young children on board a RIB ran aground on Pole Sands, half a mile west of Exmouth lifeboat station. Crew volunteers were on scene within ten minutes, discovered their boat...
Inshore lifeboat George Bearman II launched at 6.57pm on 20 May following a call to the UK Coastguard concerning a yacht aground on Pole Sands, half a mile west of Exmouth lifeboat station. Crew volunteers were on scene within five minutes, as fog was rolling in. They...
During the weekend of 28 and 29 April, Exmouth inshore D class lifeboat George Bearman II was tasked three times. On 28 April, at 7.25pm volunteers tasked to investigate something seen floating down the river Exe. Once on scene, an old tender was discovered with...
Volunteers from Exmouth lifeboat station were called upon to help four people in three incidents in under 24 hours between 13 and 14 April. Crew volunteers located a missing person, tasked to two men in difficulty in the river Exe and Shore Crew gave casualty care to...
On 23 March, Crew and Community Safety volunteers from Exmouth lifeboat station supported Exeter University students in their cardboard boat challenge, on the river Exe. The team...