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Offline SteveH

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Re: Robotic Life Guard
« Reply #90 on: September 08, 2016, 12:02:21 pm »
This looks like a handy gadget, coming to Wales on trial soon, I wonder what the professional's will think of it.
Emily - the robot lifeguard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cuawMA4dnM

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard
« Reply #91 on: September 14, 2016, 02:03:55 pm »
This is a sad story, but should emphasise the dangers involved, even trained and fully equipped, people can end up in serious trouble.     RIP.


Sad news from our colleages over in Ireland this evening.
Irish Coast Guard
12 September at 19:06 ·
It is with great sadness we report the death of one of our colleagues from our Doolin Coast Guard unit. She died during a search operation mounted in Kilkee bay for a reported missing person. The Coast Guard boat she was in capsized and the three crew members were thrown into the sea. Tragically she was reported deceased after she was recovered from the water. Her two crew mates were recovered and were transported to Limerick hospital for further care. Their injuries are not life threatening. Rip.



                                                                                                                               


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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard
« Reply #92 on: September 20, 2016, 11:12:53 am »
Coastguard News...........

"Over the past few days we have been extremely busy as the end of our busy summer has passed.
We were paged on Saturday along with Rhyl Coastguard Rescue Team after a vessel was reported overdue from Rhos On Sea. We managed to locate the vessel close to the Little Orme and Holyhead CGOC were able to gain comms from the vessel and all was safe and well.
We were then paged on Sunday to assist North Wales Police / Heddlu Gogledd Cymru in searching for a missing 5 year old boy. He was found safe and well so we returned to station.
We were paged yesterday morning to answer reports of an object in the water off the North Shore. Llandudno Lifeboat Crew were requested to launch as the object appeared to be similar in shape and size of an upturned boat. The lifeboat confirmed that it was not a boat but possibly a log or similar object. We were no longer required and returned to station."

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard
« Reply #93 on: September 30, 2016, 05:33:15 pm »
Coastguard news.............

We were paged at 12:15 this afternoon to meet Llandudno Lifeboat Crew and Conwy Lifeboat at Conwy Marina to a vessel which had broken down near Penmaenmawr.
Llandudno's All weather Lifeboat took the vessel under tow and towed it to one of the Marina's jetties where we were able to give extensive safety advice to the skipper of the vessel.......(That's a nice way of putting it)


RNLI Re above story
TWO LIFEBOATS ASSIST STRANDED YACHT
A 10-metre yacht, the 'Shadowfax' with a man and woman on board was brought to safety this afternoon in an operation involving two RNLI lifeboats after it had experienced engine failure in Conwy Bay forcing its skipper to anchor and await assistance. The vessel had left Conwy earlier bound for Cardiff.
Llandudno RNLI all-weather lifeboat was called out at 1100 hrs by Holyhead Coastguard to go to the vessel's assistance, but whilst en route was diverted to investigate a report of an upturned dinghy off Penmaenmawr with its two occupants in the sea. Shortly afterwards, Llandudno Coastguards ashore reported this incident had been resolved, freeing the lifeboat to resume her original mission to the yacht.
As the female member of the yacht's crew had become unwell Conwy Lifeboat was tasked to the scene, took her on board and swiftly took her to their lifeboat station, arranging en route for an ambulance to attend. It is reported she later made a full recovery.
Meanwhile, Llandudno's lifeboat transferred some of her RNLI crew members to the 'Shadowfax' following which the yacht was towed to a safe berth at Conwy marina. After recovering her crew members the lifeboat returned to station at Llandudno.

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard ......
« Reply #94 on: October 07, 2016, 11:26:40 am »
Great video of Llandudno's Emergency Services Day by TV Conwy..

https://vimeo.com/180916988

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / Mountain rescue
« Reply #95 on: December 01, 2016, 12:16:39 pm »
This could have ended badly, made worse by the fact they were locals.

Rescuers blast 13 'woefully ill-equipped' students for climbing Gwynedd peak with one axe between them.
Ogwen Valley spokesman Chris Lloyd said: “The vast majority of the inexperienced students were wearing street clothes and also very badly equipped.
“I hope in hindsight, they will look back upon their decision as a very poor one indeed, and will think again before going out so poorly equipped in future.”
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/rescuers-blast-13-woefully-ill-12238314


Also.......
Drone footage captures snow covered Snowdonia in all its glory.
http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/drone-footage-captures-snow-covered-12237458


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Re: Air / Sea Rescue
« Reply #96 on: December 01, 2016, 01:25:01 pm »
Thankfully no one was injured, especially the volunteer Mountain Rescue team  who had to guide this group of irresponsible walkers.    I just hope that they have learnt from their experience and won't be so stupid in the future.

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / Mountain rescue
« Reply #97 on: December 02, 2016, 10:38:53 am »
: “It is a dubious honour to be the first team to surpass 200 incidents in a year ...........

Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team busiest in the UK after 200th call-out this year......

http://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/llanberis-mountain-rescue-team-busiest-12261292

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue RNLI
« Reply #99 on: April 10, 2017, 12:46:30 pm »
Great photo of the Hoylake, Llandudno and Rhyl lifeboats on exercise yesterday.......

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard
« Reply #100 on: April 14, 2017, 01:10:22 pm »
Coastguard news....
We were paged at around 11:15 this morning to assist the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust with a casualty with a suspected fractured ankle at Angel Bay on the Little Orme.
We arrived on scene to find that the ambulance crew had already packaged the patient and only required assistance to carry the casualty over rough terrain into the ambulance.

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard
« Reply #101 on: April 15, 2017, 11:58:54 am »
Sad news...
Llandudno Coastguard
31 mins ·
We were paged this morning a little after 0900 to reports of a person on the beach at Deganwy.
On arrival it was established that sadly the person was deceased.
We assisted the Police with the recovery from the beach and were stood down.
Our thoughts and deepest sympathy go out to the family of the deceased at this very sad time.

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue RNLI
« Reply #102 on: May 13, 2017, 12:54:09 pm »
Llandudno RNLI’s new lifeboat now built as station continues to take shape
Photo of the new Llandudno lifeboat.....
https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2017/february/09/llandudno-rnlis-new-lifeboat-now-built-as-station-continues-to-take-shape

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue / RNLI / Coastguard
« Reply #103 on: June 20, 2017, 01:15:46 pm »
Llandudno lifeboat call-out

Llandudno RNLI were called out at 2am today to assist a stricken yacht.

Two men were on board the 24ft yacht which had suffered engine failure about nine miles north of Great Orme’s Head.
The yacht had been sailing from the Isle of Man to Rhyl, and whilst crossing the offshore shipping lanes in heavy swell conditions had suffered an engine breakdown.
A radio call from the boat’s skipper to Holyhead Coastguard resulted in the lifeboat crew being called out to come to their aid.

Arriving alongside the stricken craft after a full-speed passage from Llandudno the lifeboat crew soon rigged a towline, and after a necessarily slow passage took the yacht onto a safe berth at Conwy.
The lifeboat returned to Llandudno for recovery and refuelling at 6.45am.

The Coastguard also reports three call outs,  to people stranded off Westshore over the weekend.

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Re: Air / Sea Rescue RNLI
« Reply #104 on: August 02, 2017, 12:12:23 pm »
This years Lifeboat and Emergency Services Day will be held on Sunday 13 August and will be the last such event to feature the 'RNLB Andy Pearce' before her retirement.