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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Christmas Eve launch to assist family drifting into the Solent
Date: 28/12/2011
Author: Aaron Gent, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
The crew of the RNLI Portsmouth Lifeboat were called away from their festive preparations on the afternoon of Christmas Eve and requested to launch to assist a broken down speedboat reported to be drifting out of Langstone harbour.
Skier rescued from Mount Seymour
North Shore Rescue members were able to save a man trapped Christmas Day
Not home for the holidays
ON CALL – Firefighter Sandy Garden responds to the 100 block of East 2nd
By Todd Coyne – North Shore Outlook
Published: December 21, 2011 12:00 PM
Updated: December 21, 2011 1:50 PM
For some it’s a matter of time constraints, for others it’s distance and for still more it’s the demands of a job.
For emergency workers like North Vancouver city firefighters, whether or not they get to be home for the holidays is all luck of the draw.
Christmas Day Rescue
The North Shore Outlook published an article about first-responders working on Christmas Day. Ironically NSR got called out yesterday for a stranded skier on Mt. Seymour.
Hope everyone has a safe Holiday Season from here on out!
Sunderland RNLI launch after reports of a man lying injured at base of cliffs
Date: 27/12/2011
Author: Paul Nicholson, Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer
Volunteers from Sunderland RNLI Lifeboat Station this afternoon took part in a large scale multi agency rescue mission after HM Coastguard received a report of a man lying injured at the base of cliffs at Camel Island, South Tyneside.
Exmouth RNLI search for Kite Surfer on Christmas Eve.
A coastal search was initiated on Christmas Eve after a local coastguard spotted a kite surfing rig drifting south of Orcombe point, Exmouth. There was no sign of the kite surfer.
Christmas Day swim in East Cork in aid of Ballycotton RNLI lifeboat
We queued up at Garryvoe in East Cork on Christmas morning to park our car. I wondered had I hibernated for six months and awoken in a different season. When it was our turn to go we had to park the car three quarters way down the promenade and walk back to the hub of the activity. This was not a normal day; the swimmers were all going to swim for charity.
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