Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA | MCA No. |
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14006 | 17/01/2014 | NCI Portland Bill | Assisted in search for missing yacht. Provided one sighting but it was not the target. Yacht eventually arrived safely. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | n/n |
14002 | 16/01/2014 | NCI Mablethorpe | Reported suspected fire on a 'Protector Buoy'. CG advised that it was only a platform beyond the buoy 'flaring'. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 348883 |
14004 | 12/01/2014 | NCI Shoreham | Reported injured PWC rider away from craft. Second PWC recovered casualty to paramedics and ILB recovered craft. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 348682 |
14001 | 10/01/2014 | NCI Gosport | Relayed yacht report of floating tree to QHM and monitored recovery by harbour tug. | NCI | No | No | n/n |
14003 | 06/01/2014 | NCI Shoreham | Relayed MoP report of 'suspicious' object in surf. CG Mobile attended and reported no danger. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 0125 |
Currently almost 60 National Coastwatch stations are operational and manned by over 2600 volunteer watchkeepers around the British Isles from Fleetwood in the North West, through Wales, to the South and East of England to Filey in North Yorkshire.
National Coastwatch watchkeepers provide the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels and providing a listening watch in poor visibility. They are trained to deal with emergencies offering a variety of skills and experience, and full training by the National Coastwatch ensures that high standards are met.
The words National Coastwatch Institution and Eyes Along the Coast and the NCI logos are Registered Trademarks of NCI.
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