Incident Summary 2007

Total Number of Incidents for the year to date 153
Glossary of Terms
FAWGI = False Alarm With Good Intent, MoP = Member of the Public, NFA = No Further Action, MRCC = Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre,
HMCG, CG or MCA = Coastguard, CRT = Coastguard Rescue Team, ILB/ALB/LB = Lifeboats, MV = Motor Vessel, MB = Motor Boat, ML = Motor Launch,
FV = Fishing Vessel, PWC = Personal Water Craft ("Jet Ski"), RIB = Rigid Inflatable Boat, VLCC = Very Large Crude Carrier,
UKBF = UK Border Force
Incident No. Date of Incident Station Name Incident Summary Initiated by Lifeboat involved MCA MCA No.
7119 06/05/2007 NCI Boscastle Assisted in vectoring LB to disabled yacht. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7121 05/05/2007 NCI Newhaven Vectored LB onto diver in distress. Diver recovered. NCI Yes Yes
7122 30/04/2007 NCI Boscastle CG requested info on possible casualty in harbour mouth. Assisted with details MCA/HMCG No Yes
7124 29/04/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported and monitored children adrift in inflatable. ALB rescued NCI Yes Yes
7123 29/04/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported abandoned surfboard. CG attended NFA NCI No Yes
7125 27/04/2007 NCI Froward Point CG requested posit of yacht on fire. Location provided. Yacht towed in MCA/HMCG No Yes
7126 24/04/2007 NCI Boscastle Assisted search for missing elderly MoP. NCI No No
7127 21/04/2007 NCI Froward Point Monitored and reported recovery of MB with engine fire. MB towed in. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7128 14/04/2007 NCI Prawle Point Identified PanPan casualty on radar to home nearby vessel. MV towed in MCA/HMCG No Yes
7129 13/04/2007 NCI Prawle Point Relayed PanPan call to MRSC. Dive boat towed in by ILB NCI Yes Yes
7130 07/04/2007 NCI Hornsea Acted as comms relay in assisting injured MoP RNLI No No
7131 06/04/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported large cable drum adrift. CG issued Securitay message. NCI No Yes
7132 02/04/2007 NCI Charlestown Reported eight children cut off by tide. Both LBs attended to rescue NCI Yes Yes
7133 01/04/2007 NCI Southend Monitored dismasted sailboarder. ILB recovered casualty MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7134 26/03/2007 NCI Prawle Point Assisted recovery of injured walker. Husband joined as a result! NCI No Yes
7135 25/03/2007 NCI Skegness Reported live bomb on beach. EOD team detonated successfully NCI No Yes 82360
7136 13/03/2007 NCI Polruan Telephoned by disabled MB. Towed in by MV SMIT DART NCI No Yes
7137 11/03/2007 NCI Newhaven CG requested monitoring of FV with engine defect. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7138 10/03/2007 NCI Newhaven CG requested search for container awash. Nothing sighted. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7139 09/03/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported MV making smoke. nfa NCI No Yes
7140 06/03/2007 NCI Canvey Island Reported FV aground. Owner attended. nfa NCI No Yes
7141 03/03/2007 NCI Herne Bay Reported disabled PWC. ILB attended and towed in. NCI No Yes
7142 20/02/2007 NCI Froward Point Corrected position of disabled MB. 2 PoB Towed in by Marina RIB MCA/HMCG No Yes
7145 10/02/2007 NCI Froward Point Reported disabled RIB. 3 PoB Towed in by water taxi NCI No Yes
7146 07/02/2007 NCI Mundesley CG requests search for missing boys. Boys found by off-duty watchkeeper. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7147 06/02/2007 NCI Newhaven Reported disabled speedboat. Engine restarted. LB tasked but nfa NCI Yes Yes
7143 03/02/2007 NCI Prawle Point CG requested posit. of casualty. MB towed in by LB MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7144 03/02/2007 NCI Prawle Point Requested to monitor capsized yacht and LB tow. 4 survivors 1 DOA MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7148 20/01/2007 NCI St Alban's Head MoP reported injured companion. Aux CG and Helo evacuated casualty NCI No Yes
7149 18/01/2007 NCI Canvey Island Alerted owner and PLA to drifting boat. Boat beached but holed. NCI No No
7150 18/01/2007 NCI Canvey Island Alerted owner and PLA to drifting boat. Boat recovered. NCI No No
7151 14/01/2007 NCI Mundesley NCI relays MoP report of vandalism to beach cafe. Police attend. nfa NCI No No
7152 01/01/2007 NCI Stepper Point Requested to search for windsurfer. Detected and rescued by ILB MCA/HMCG No Yes

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