Multiple Rescue Team Training

Volunteers from Newbiggin RNLI lifeboat station along with their partner rescue teams from the Newbiggin and Blyth coastguard ran a training exercise at Church Point, Newbiggin.

The scenario related to a missing injured person with an initial search with the training casualty located east of the village. With the casualty located the processes of treatment and extraction was carried out by members of both teams using the protocols set out in the casualty care cards. Once the exercise was completed all teams returned to the boathouse for a exercise debrief.

Ron Henderson Lifeboat Operations Manager at Newbiggin RNLI said ' The exercise was a great success and demonstrated the close working relationship between Newbiggin RNLI and the coastguard rescue teams. This closer working fosters a greater understanding of the operational rescue mechanisms where theory / classroom training was put into action on an on the ground simulation. Thank you to all involved and we look forward to the next exercise with our rescue partners.'

For more information please telephone Richard Martin, RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer Newbiggin on 07980 010544 or [email protected] or contact RNLI Public Relations on 01202 336789

If you would like to find out more about Newbiggin lifeboat station, its volunteers and its heritage then take a look at the local website.

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 142,700 lives.

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