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.
7011 30/09/2007 NCI Skegness Reported munitions on beach. CG, MOD EOU and Police attended. Munitions removed. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7013 29/09/2007 NCI Stepper Point Advised CG of position of casualty on beach. CG mobile and ambulance attended MCA/HMCG No Yes 3814
7014 27/09/2007 NCI Skegness Reported munitions on beach. CG, MOD EOU and Police attended. Munitions removed. NCI No Yes
7015 24/09/2007 NCI Charlestown Elderly (NCI) visitor suffered sever chest pains. Ambulance removed casualty to hospital NCI No No
7016 22/09/2007 NCI Portland Bill Directed dive boat onto lost divers using CallConnect. Two divers recovered. NCI No Yes 4490
7017 16/09/2007 NCI Southend Reported disabled windsurfer in boom. ILB attended. Sailor saved. NCI Yes Yes 3520
7019 14/09/2007 NCI Boscastle Yacht telephoned SM at home reporting dinghy adrift. Info passed to CG to avoid incident. NCI No Yes
7018 14/09/2007 NCI Nells Point Co-operation with CG on recovery of disabled yacht. MCA/HMCG No Yes 104071
7020 13/09/2007 NCI Froward Point CG requested sitrep on disabled MC. Details passed and recovery by dive boat monitored. MCA/HMCG No Yes 3602
7021 05/09/2007 NCI Polruan Assisted vectoring of LB onto disabled yacht WILIWEN. Towed into harbour. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 103103
7022 04/09/2007 NCI St Alban's Head Reported drifting sailboard and assisted recovery by passing MC. No PoB. nfa NCI No Yes 4192
7023 02/09/2007 NCI Newhaven Assisted in recovery of disabled kitesurfer. LB attended and brought in casualty. NCI Yes Yes 104165
7024 01/09/2007 NCI Newhaven Provided accurate position of disabled yacht. LB attended and towed in. NCI Yes Yes 102637
7027 31/08/2007 NCI Portland Bill Passed accurate position of casualty to CG for LB/Helo casevac. Casualty airlifted ashore. NCI No Yes
7026 31/08/2007 NCI Portland Bill Involved with return of potential suicide to Hostel. Police, CG and Hostel staff attended . NCI No Yes
7025 31/08/2007 NCI Skegness Reported swimmers blown out on lilo. CG and RNLI attended. Casualties rescued. NCI Yes Yes
7029 28/08/2007 NCI Polruan Worked with CG ref a disabled RIB. Towed in by Harbour authority MCA/HMCG No Yes
7028 28/08/2007 NCI Polruan Sighted disabled craft waving distress. CG informed. Harbour launch towed in NCI No Yes 3377
7030 27/08/2007 NCI Prawle Point Assisted vectoring FV to disabled MB. MCA/HMCG No Yes 3347
7034 27/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. Police attended. Child found. Police No No
7033 27/08/2007 NCI Newhaven Provided accurate position of MC on fire. LB attended. Boat sank. No casualties. NCI Yes Yes 10825
7032 27/08/2007 NCI Worms Head Reported 9 MoPs cut off by tide. ILB attended. NCI Yes Yes 2972
7031 27/08/2007 NCI Folkestone Reported inflatable in danger. ILB and CG Mobile attended. MoPs returned safely. NCI Yes Yes
7038 26/08/2007 NCI Bass Point Assisting CG with recovery of motor cruiser with engine fire by Lifeboat. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 101661
7037 26/08/2007 NCI St Alban's Head Panpan intercepted. Posit passed to CG and monitored. Casualty towed in by MV NCI No Yes 3977
7036 26/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG, Police and RNLI attended. Child found. Police Yes Yes
7035 26/08/2007 NCI Skegness Protected found children until collected by police. NCI No No
7042 25/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG and Police attended. Child found. Police No Yes
7041 25/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG attended. Child found Police No Yes
7040 25/08/2007 NCI Worms Head Reported MoPs cut off by tide. Other MoPs stopped from crossing. ILB attended. NCI No Yes 2889
7039 25/08/2007 NCI Mundesley Reported injured seabird to RSPCA. Bird collected by beachguard and RSPCA. NCI No No
7043 24/08/2007 NCI Skegness Assisted search for lost child. CG, Police, RNLI and RAF attended. Child found. Police Yes Yes
7044 20/08/2007 NCI Prawle Point Monitored and reported yacht in difficulties. HM took in tow. nfa NCI No Yes 2905
7046 18/08/2007 NCI Newhaven CG requested monitoring of possible disabled yacht. Info passed. Yacht continued passage. MCA/HMCG No Yes
7045 18/08/2007 NCI Folkestone Assisted CG Mobile to check abandoned car over cliff. Found to be old wreck.. nfa MCA/HMCG No Yes
7047 14/08/2007 NCI Polruan MoP reported injured walker. MRCC informed. Cliff Rescue recovered man to hospital NCI No Yes 3073
7049 13/08/2007 NCI Hartlepool CG requested observation of disabled yacht. ILB attended. Yacht towed in. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes 99665
7048 13/08/2007 NCI Folkestone CG report from MoP of two in trouble on cliffs. Found to be fossil hunting. Nfa MCA/HMCG No Yes
7052 12/08/2007 NCI Newhaven CG requested monitoring of diving incident. ILB attended. MCA/HMCG Yes Yes
7051 12/08/2007 NCI St Alban's Head Reported drifting RIB and assisted recovery to Poole. Yacht had not noticed it had gone ! NCI No Yes

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