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NEWS FROM THE RNLI LIFEBOAT TEAM IN DARTMOUTH


STORM FORCE. Storm Force is the Junior RNLI membership for 7 to 11 year olds. A year’s membership includes four Storm Force magazines packed with activities, rescue stories and water safety advice. There is access to an exclusive web site for SF members. Education volunteers sometimes arrange Storm Force days at Lifeboat stations to give members a chance to meet lifeboat crews and lifeguards and to see the boats and sea safety equipment in action. The membership pack contains a crew bag full of goodies and can be purchased for £12 at RNLI Visitor Centres and online at RNLI.org.uk if you search for Storm Force. It makes an ideal Christmas present for grandchildren. The Dart RNLI Visitor Centre is on the South Embankment between Rockfish and the Hospital. There is an excellent variety of Christmas cards and gifts for all ages and your purchases all go to support the RNLI. THE 2 YEAR TRIAL WITH B-794 JOAN BATE, AN ATLANTIC 75 in service with RNLI Dart, began on 26 October and exactly a week later she was tasked for the first time. The Falmouth Coastguard received a call from a 23 foot angling boat with two on board who had been fishing five miles out to sea on the Skerries bank. The lifeboat crew established that a line caught around the propeller was the reason why the engine would not turn over. The boat was towed at nine knots,


Chris Tracey at the helm of B-775 with Dave Jackman, RNLI South Division Coastal Infrastructure Engineer on the newly built RNLI Dart Aquadock.


against the tide, to Dart Marina. The three lifeboat crew had a drier and much quicker journey to the casualty vessel than if they had been in the D class and the launch time was comparable to the time it would have taken to tow the D class to the launching slip. Amy Gateley, a visitor from Birmingham, was on board Dart Explorer and found herself in exactly the right place to photograph B-984 leaving on her first shout. INTERNATIONAL LIFESAVING OR WHAT DO SOME OF OUR LIFEGUARDS DO IN THE WINTER? ‘There is much to learn about drowning and drowning prevention, but we must take proven, preventive action while research continues. This means urgently targeting vulnerable populations in exposed communities with strategies


most likely to save lives’ Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization


The WHO estimates that around 360,000 people drown worldwide each year. The RNLI has been working with our partners abroad to find solutions that work for them - solutions that fit the skills and materials available in low-resource communities. We now have tried- and-tested interventions that can either protect people from the risk of drowning, or rescue them safely from the water. Flood Rescue. As world sea levels rise and extreme weather becomes more common, countries and communities need to be more resilient to floods. Future Leaders in Lifesaving. With great leaders organisations can develop and thrive without needing ongoing help. Lifeguarding. In countries like Bangladesh, where a growing middle class are boosting domestic tourism, the need for beach lifeguard services is increasing. Maritime Search and Rescue. When disaster strikes on the water, many low and middle income countries lack the


Photo: Amy Gateley


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