Incident Summaries

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The Total Number of Incidents since we started recording them can be found by selecting '-Year' from the Year filter : 8201
Alternatively select a specific year to see how many Incidents were reported for that Year.

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.


Please note: NCI Canvey Island was previously know as NCI Holehaven and moved location on Monday 18 October 2021. All NCI Canvey Island Incident Summaries before that date will be in respect of NCI Holehaven at its previous location.

Glossary of Terms
FAWGI = False Alarm With Good Intent, MoP = Member of the Public, NFA = No Further Action, HMCG, CG or MCA = Coastguard, MisPer = Missing Person
CRT = Coastguard Rescue Team, CGOC = Coast Guard Operations Centre, ILB/ALB/LB = Lifeboats, MV = Motor Vessel, MB = Motor Boat,
ML = Motor Launch, FV = Fishing Vessel, PB = Power Boat, PWC = Personal Water Craft ("Jet Ski"), RIB = Rigid Inflatable Boat,
VLCC = Very Large Crude Carrier, UKBF = UK Border Force
Incident No. Date of Incident Station Name Incident Summary Initiated by Lifeboat involved MCA MCA No.
12217 22/08/2012 NCI Lyme Bay Reported MoPs in danger on cliff edge. CRTs attended and advised party to move. NCI No Yes 3718
12216 22/08/2012 NCI Calshot Tower Reported kite sailor in difficulty. Casualty safely ashore and board recovered by passing yacht. NCI No Yes
12215 22/08/2012 NCI Mablethorpe Provided location information for paramedics and air ambulance to attend injured MoP. MCA/HMCG No Yes 296642
12210 19/08/2012 NCI Worms Head Reported 3 MoPs tidebound on Island. LB established they were fishermen and would await low tide. NCI Yes Yes 2445
12209 19/08/2012 NCI Charlestown Reported unmanned dory underway and MoP swimming. ILB recovered casualty safely. NCI Yes Yes 3648
12208 19/08/2012 NCI Southend CG requested conning of ILB onto disabled speedboat. Casualty safely towed to shore. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 3846
12214 19/08/2012 NCI Skegness Reported two unmanned inflatables adrift in order to avoid public 999s. NCI No Yes
12213 19/08/2012 NCI Torbay Reported two swimmer/climbers at tombstoning risk. Harbour launch attended to 'advise'. NFA NCI Yes Yes 3636
12212 19/08/2012 NCI Mablethorpe Successfully treated MoP with Weaver Fish sting. NCI No No
12211 19/08/2012 NCI Mablethorpe Used Tannoy to reunite owner with wallet found on beach. NCI No No
12207 18/08/2012 NCI Skegness Police requested visual search for lost child. MRCC advised and stated police should call them in first instance. Police No Yes 368
12206 18/08/2012 NCI Mablethorpe Succesfully treated two separate cases of MoPs with Weaver Fish stings. NCI No Yes
12205 18/08/2012 NCI Teignmouth Reported upturned PWC with crew in water. Lifeguard assisted and LB towed in safely. NCI Yes Yes 295937
12204 17/08/2012 NCI Boscastle Reported disabled yacht. Relayed MRCC messages. Yacht towed in safely by Padstow LB. NCI Yes Yes 3584
12203 17/08/2012 NCI St Alban's Head Provided First Aid and reported injured MoP until paramedics and ambulance tranferred him to hospital. NCI No Yes 3516
12202 17/08/2012 NCI Prawle Point Relayed messages to CG re injured surfer and provided updates for ILB to recover for hospitalisation. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 295752
12201 17/08/2012 NCI Polruan RAF Kinloss requested local weather update prior to helicopter rescue mission. NCI No Yes
12200 16/08/2012 NCI Portscatho CG requested visual search for drifting life raft. Updated position passed CG for LB to collect. No casualties MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 3572
12199 15/08/2012 NCI Exmouth Relayed MoP report of downed kitesurfer. MRCC stated that police were attending. NCI No No
12198 13/08/2012 NCI Wooltack Point Relayed further MoP report of upturned dinghy. CRT team eventually recovered two unmanned dinghies. NCI No Yes 295127
12197 13/08/2012 NCI Peveril(Dont Use) Reported lifebuoy ashore.CG requested passing LB to recover and NCI to direct LB by radio to position. NCI Yes Yes 3433
12196 12/08/2012 NCI Wooltack Point Relayed MoP report of upturned inflatable to CG. No further information received from MRCC. NCI No Yes
12195 12/08/2012 NCI Torbay Reported dog over cliff to CG. Dog rescued by MoP prior to CRT arrival. NCI No Yes 3491
12194 11/08/2012 NCI Felixstowe Reported PWC endangering swimmers to CG and Tourist Centre. Safety RIB advised PWC of complaints. NCI No Yes 3544
12193 11/08/2012 NCI Torbay Reported MoPs starting fire on coast path to police who attended. NCI No No 1108
12192 11/08/2012 NCI Stepper Point CG requested visual on MoP report of downed windsurfer.Monitored and reported rescue by private RIB. MCA/HMCG No Yes 3461
12191 10/08/2012 NCI Stepper Point Reported inflatable with 2 MoP in possible danger. Harbour Safety boat escorted to shore. NCI No Yes
12190 09/08/2012 NCI Wells-next-the-Sea Relayed MoP report of collapsed mother to CG and ambulance. Paramedic and CG attended to casevac. NCI No Yes 294297
12189 06/08/2012 NCI Worms Head Relayed MoP report of injured walker. CRT and helo attneded to casevac. NCI No Yes 2202
12188 06/08/2012 NCI Skegness Reported lost contact on canoe in bad weather. Helo and LB attended and found canoe safe. Nfa NCI Yes Yes 2707
12187 05/08/2012 NCI Prawle Point CG requested monitoring of recovery by LB of disabled FV. Updating reports provided. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 293638
12186 05/08/2012 NCI Caister Assisted at LB Open Day by reporting MoP with defective pacemaker. Ambulance casevac to hospital. NCI No Yes 722
12185 05/08/2012 NCI Mablethorpe Police requested search for missing girl. Person sighted and reported. Police succesfully located girl. Police No No 82012
12184 04/08/2012 NCI Exmouth Reported downed kite surfer waving distress to Beach Rescue to bring in. NCI Yes Yes 40823
12183 04/08/2012 NCI Southend Monitored and reported on helo rescue of MoPs from disabled vessel. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 3386
12182 04/08/2012 NCI Portscatho Reported yacht in possible danger. ILB attended to check. Yacht continued under power. Nfa NCI Yes No 293529
12181 02/08/2012 NCI Portscatho CG requested search for possible capsized dinghy. Not visible. Assessed as MoP report with good intent. MCA/HMCG No Yes 3299
12180 31/07/2012 NCI St Alban's Head Reported 4 kayaks in difficulty. ILB recovered three safely fourth discovered en route to pub. NCI Yes Yes 3103
12179 31/07/2012 NCI Torbay Reported large object danger to vessels to Harbourmaster. HM boat recovered object. NCI No No
12178 29/07/2012 NCI Folkestone CG requested visual on MoP possible suicide.Relayed messages from CRT.Nothing sighted.Police found MoP. MCA/HMCG No Yes 3270

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