RNLI Flood rescue team news

Kessock RNLI lifeboat crew recognised for saving life

Rachel Martin

Kessock RNLI lifeboat crew are to be presented with an award today (Tuesday 2 June) for saving a man from the River Ness earlier this year. The RNLI will present Donnie and Stan MacRae with a Framed Letter of Thanks from the Chief Executive at its Scottish Annual Meeting in Perth Concert Hall at midday...

RNLI volunteer relives inland flooding during return visit to Central England

Danielle Rush

Members of the public are invited to Orleton Village Hall at 7pm on 20 March to hear about the role played by the RNLI’s Flood Rescue Team, during flooding which caused devastation in the Midlands in 2007.

Jason Dunlop, an RNLI volunteer from Penarth Lifeboat Station in South Wales, was drafted in to put his Swift Water Rescue training to the test...

Whitby RNLI lifeboatman commended for Morpeth floods photo

Alison Levett

Whitby RNLI lifeboatman Howard Fields has won a runners-up prize in the rescue charity’s national Photographer and Film-maker of the Year competition for a photo taken during last year’s Morpeth floods.
Howard, a member of Whitby lifeboat crew and an RNLI Divisional Assessor/Trainer was runner-up in the competition’s ‘Dedicated Teams’ category with his photo, which shows RNLI lifeboat volunteers rescuing an elderly lady from her flooded home in Morpeth on the night of 6 September 2008...

RNLI flood rescuers step into action and raise more than Â£4,000 for charity

Danielle Rush

Seven members of the RNLI’s Flood Rescue Team, including three from the RNLI’s West Division (Wales and the Isle of Man) raised £4,479 for the RNLI by undertaking the Scafell Pike Challenge. RNLI volunteers Paul Filby from Criccieth, Alwyn Dunn from Flint and Rob Annett, from Port Erin walked over 1,500 metres to the highest point of Scafell Pike in Cumbria...

Manx RNLI flood rescuer swaps wellies for walking boots

Danielle Rush

Rob Annett, an RNLI volunteer at Port Erin who is a member of the RNLI’s Flood Rescue Team, has undertaken a marathon hike and raised £750 towards new equipment for the team.

The intrepid volunteer has spent the weekend in Cumbria...

RNLI flood rescuers swap their wellies for walking boots

Danielle Rush

Two Welsh members of the RNLI’s Flood Rescue Team, which helped to rescue more than 200 people from flood hit communities last summer, are planning a marathon hike to raise funds for new equipment for their team.

RNLI volunteer helmsmen, Paul Filby from Criccieth RNLI lifeboat station and Alwyn Dunn from Flint, played an instrumental role in rescuing families from flood-hit Worcester and Gloucester last July...

RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews rescue flood-hit Morpeth residents

Alison Levett

A team of 21 Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboatmen worked tirelessly through the night to rescue people from flooded homes in Morpeth, Northumberland. The charity’s rescue team included lifeboat volunteers from Blyth, Newbiggin, Amble, Sunderland and Redcar who used seven RNLI lifeboats to evacuate stranded people and transport vital medicine, food, water and other supplies...

RNLI volunteer lifeboat crews help with flood relief

Alison Levett

The Royal National Lifeboat Institution has deployed a team of 21 volunteers and five lifeboats to Morpeth in Northumberland to assist with inland flooding. The charity’s rescue team comprises lifeboat crew from Redcar, Blyth, Newbiggin, Amble and Sunderland RNLI lifeboat stations along with members of the RNLI Flood Rescue Team and RNLI North coast staff...

RNLI lifeboats and volunteers ready to help with flood relief

Julia Sylvester

The RNLI charity deployed a team of 18 volunteers and four lifeboats to Pickering in North Yorkshire early on Saturday 6 September to assist with the possibility of inland flooding. The team comprised a mix of crew from Redcar, Scarborough and Bridlington RNLI lifeboat stations, trained in swift-water rescue, along with members of the RNLI Flood Rescue Team and North coast staff...

Newcastle RNLI assists during flooding in Northern Ireland

Niamh Stephenson, Media Relations Manager, Ire

Volunteer lifeboat crew at Newcastle RNLI assisted with evacuating people from their homes today (16 August 2008) during the heavy rain and flooding in Northern Ireland. Eleven members of the lifeboat crew took the D class inshore lifeboat Aldergove II and went door to door in the Bryansford Road area of Newcastle, County Down, to ensure that residents were safe amid rising flood waters...