Rescue of the Year | Coastguard Hawke's Bay and Coastguard Gisborne This prestigious award recognises an exceptional rescue crew who have undertaken an outstanding Search and Rescue or Coastguard operation. This year we acknowledge the efforts of Coastguard Hawke’s Bay and Coastguard Gisborne. When a callout is received, you always hope for a positive outcome. Sadly, on this day, a life couldn’t be saved. However, the operation to recover a missing diver last November at Black Reef, Mahia, is a

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***VIDEO EXCLUSIVE OF COASTGUARD RESCUE AT THORNWICK BAY*** Local Coastguard teams in dramatic rescue of man stuck on cliffs at Thornwick Bay on the Flamborough Headland yesterday (14 August). The Coastguard have put out a warning to people not to go near the cliff edge to take photographs and be aware of standing on overhanging ledges or climbing on cliffs. Here are the details from the Coastguard. ‘The team were tasked at 16.48hrs yesterday alongside Filey Coastguard to reports of a casualty s

Her Majesty's Coastguard is one of the four UK emergency services - saving lives at the coast for almost 200 years. Today, HM Coastguard delivers a modern search and rescue (SAR) service, responding to 999 calls as well as radio and satellite distress calls. When someone’s in trouble, we send out helicopters, lifeboats and coastguard rescue teams. We coordinate this from our 12 control rooms around the UK coast - 24-hours a day, 365-days a year. Sea and coastal conditions can change fast and you

Watch the heart-stopping moment HM Coastguard Newquay helicopter battles terrible conditions, with winds reaching up to 40 knots and very rough seas, to rescue an injured fisherman in the early hours of Sunday morning, 78nm North West of the Isles of Scilly. The fisherman had sustained a serious injury to his hand in the very rough sea conditions and his crew had quickly called the Coastguard asking for help just before 4am on Sunday 18 November. Flying through gale force conditions, the Newquay

6.9K views · 189 reactions | 200 years ago today, HM Coastguard was formed. Their search and rescue helicopter at Sumburgh has taken part in more than 1000 missions. This morning, the local coastguard team marked the 200 years with a throwline event at Lerwick Harbour. The service has been crucial during its time in Shetland - helping when the Braer ran aground, making medevacs from oil installations, and rescuing walkers in trouble along coastal paths | BBC Radio Shetland | Facebook

Training for the worst, ready for the real. 🚤🚁🔥 Volunteers from Coastguard Queenstown, Mackenzie Lakes Coastguard, Coastguard Clyde and Coastguard Wanaka Lakes joined forces with Queenstown Police SAR, New Zealand Red Cross and Hato Hone St John for a major training exercise on Lake Wakatipu. From helicopter drills to a simulated Alpine Fault magnitude 8 quake, crews tackled fires, injured divers, a sunken vessel and swimmers swept into the lake - all to sharpen skills for real-life emergenci

791K views · 7.3K reactions | Wishing our friends at HM Coastguard a very happy 198th Birthday today! Here are @tynemouth_rnli with Coastguard Rescue 912 (based at Humberside airport) in an incredibly skilled training exercise  Maritime and Coastguard Agency | RNLI | Facebook

10K views · 207 reactions | Another one from the Coastguard Trainingpool 﫡 Would you do this? #coastguard #training #swimtraining #earlybird #earlybirdswimmers #openwater #openwaterswimming #roughwater #oceanswim #thisismylane #chlorineismyperfume #rescue #swim #swimming #swimlife #morningswim #sunrisecrew | Early Bird Swimmers | Facebook