During 2020 all NCI stations closed for two months at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. On re-opening most stations were single-crewed for the rest of the year.
Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA | MCA No. |
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19003 | 08/05/2017 | NCI Needles | Reported to CG that capsized dinghy was visible. Updated as ILB recovered casualty. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 8956 |
191196 | 08/05/2017 | NCI Folkestone | Advised local Council re possible danger to vulnerable children. | NCI | No | No | n/n |
18943 | 07/05/2017 | NCI Calshot Tower | CG requested visual search for craft with activated EPIRB. Item found at jumble sale ashore ! nfa | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 8810 |
19195 | 06/05/2017 | NCI Folkestone | Provided accurater position of distressed RIB to CG for LB and SMIT ROTHER to recover to shore and casevac. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 8775 |
18927 | 06/05/2017 | NCI Newhaven | Reported potential suicidal man to CG and police who attended and escorted him away from cliff edge to his family. | NCI | No | Yes | 8732 |
18933 | 06/05/2017 | NCI Lee-on-the-Solent | CG requested any sighting of yacht transmitting a DSC Mayday a number of times. No sighting and CG ultimately reported it was a false alarm. nfa | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 8761 |
19091 | 05/05/2017 | NCI Torbay | Updated CG on safe landing of capsized dinghy sailors on beach. CRT attended. | NCI | No | Yes | 8665 |
18923 | 05/05/2017 | NCI Calshot Tower | CG requested position and monitoring of recovery of disabled angling boat by local vessel to Calshot. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 8605 |
18907 | 04/05/2017 | NCI St Ives | Advised CG that MoP report of person 'in distress' was in fact a large seabird flapping its wings. ILB stood down. nfa | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 8542 |
19125 | 04/05/2017 | NCI Penzance | CG requested visual search for overdue swimmer. Casualty recovered by local ML. LBs stood down. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 8561 |
18893 | 02/05/2017 | NCI Mablethorpe | Reported recumbent female body on beach as possible casualty to CG. CRT and police attended and she told them to go away. She then departed. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 8398 |
18886 | 01/05/2017 | NCI Fleetwood | Informed CG of vehicle possibly becoming tidebound. Local craft also had it visual. Car eventually managed to return to shore. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 8290 |
18882 | 30/04/2017 | NCI Newhaven | Reported 2 anglers cut off by tide to CG. CRT and LB activated and casualties returned safely (but injured) to paramedics ashore. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 8206 |
18873 | 29/04/2017 | NCI Worms Head | Reported 2 MoPs in danger of tide to CG. CRT and ILB deployed to return them safely to mainland. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 8122 |
18874 | 29/04/2017 | NCI Calshot Tower | Reported 2 small craft aground in very low tide to CG. CRT and RNLI crew attended to bring occupants safely ashore. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 8133 |
18878 | 28/04/2017 | NCI Rame Head | CG requested any visual on disabled day boat. Position supplied and ILB course advised. Casualty towed in safely. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 8000 |
18862 | 25/04/2017 | NCI Lyme Bay | Advised CG that 'smoke' reported by MoP was likely to be from low flying helo. Suggestion confirmed. nfa | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 7797 |
18854 | 25/04/2017 | NCI Exmouth | CG requested visual surveillance of 2 paddleboarders being recovered by ILB. Updated as rescue proceeded. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 7763 |
18861 | 25/04/2017 | NCI Lee-on-the-Solent | Called police and ambulance to woman reported unresponsive in car. Safety services on scene and casualty casevaced to hospital. | NCI | No | No | n/n |
18869 | 24/04/2017 | NCI Shoreham | Observed and report disabled MB to Harbourmaster. CG updated as local FV attended to tow casualty in. | NCI | No | Yes | n/n |
18859 | 24/04/2017 | NCI Calshot Tower | CG requested visual monitoring of ILB recovery of grounded yacht. Updated as tow reached harbour. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 7724 |
19088 | 24/04/2017 | NCI Torbay | Assisted CG and ILB to recover two MoPs possibly tidebound. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 7711 |
19089 | 24/04/2017 | NCI Torbay | Corrected inaccurate position reported of two possibly tidebound MoPs for their safe recovery by CRT. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 7722 |
18833 | 23/04/2017 | NCI Prawle Point | Assisted CG to contact disabled speedboat off Salcombe. Local craft towed her in. | NCI | No | Yes | 7627 |
18836 | 23/04/2017 | NCI Folkestone | Reported unidentified drifting object as danger to navigation. LB tasked and reported it as a large (dangerous) tree trunk which it retrieved. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 4414 |
18831 | 22/04/2017 | NCI Rame Head | Relayed MoP report of an MB appearing be shooting seabirds to CG and MoP, who attended and 'warned' the crew. | NCI | No | Yes | n/a |
18813 | 20/04/2017 | NCI Prawle Point | Contacted by Police and Hazardous Waste Unit re container on beach. CRT tasked to deal with it. | NCI | No | No | n/n |
18936 | 20/04/2017 | NCI Folkestone | Reported to Range Control that a craft was entering firing area. Range Safety Boat contacted vessel which was repairing a buoy. nfa | NCI | No | No | n/n |
18804 | 19/04/2017 | NCI Worms Head | Relayed MoP report of wife with broken ankle to CG. CRTattended and casualty casevaced to hospital. | NCI | No | Yes | 7319 |
18800 | 16/04/2017 | NCI Charlestown | Reported 3 MoPs tidebound on Polmear Island. CRT and ILB activated and recovered all to shore - for 'safety talk'. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 7077 |
18796 | 16/04/2017 | NCI Teignmouth | Relayed telephone report from disabled RIB to CG. CRT and LB attended and towed in safely. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 7036 |
19001 | 15/04/2017 | NCI Needles | CG requested any visual on disabled MV. Updated as incident developed until HM towed her in. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 6954 |
18807 | 14/04/2017 | NCI Nare Point | CG requested any sighting of overdue kayak. Provided one sighting of a kayak. Ultimately reported safe and well. nfa | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | n/n |
18792 | 13/04/2017 | NCI St Agnes Head | Provided accurate position of disabled RIB to CG for ILB to recover it safely. Crew had no radio with which to pass their position to CG. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 6799 |
18808 | 11/04/2017 | NCI Nare Point | Reported tanker not showing on AIS to CG. | NCI | No | Yes | n/n |
18778 | 10/04/2017 | NCI St Ives | Assistance given to MoP to contact police concerning possibly criminal damage to window. | NCI | No | No | n/n |
18772 | 09/04/2017 | NCI Gosport | Reported visual contact on grounded yacht to CG. Updated as it was helped to refloat by local boat and GAFIRS and returned to harbour. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 6503 |
18763 | 08/04/2017 | NCI Nells Point | Reported to CG two MoPs probably cut off by tide. They eventually waded back. CRT attended to 'give advice'. | NCI | No | Yes | 6348 |
18765 | 08/04/2017 | NCI Charlestown | Provided visual fix to CG on kayak reported as 'overturned'. Fowey ILB attended to recover hypothermic occupant safely. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 6361 |
18769 | 08/04/2017 | NCI Gosport | Assisted CG to identify and update on fire damaged RIB being towed in by a local motor yacht. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 6383 |
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