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.
| Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA | MCA No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40413 | 04/12/2021 | NCI Nells Point | MOP reported to HMCG walker on island collapsed. NCI requested to monitor. CRT and ambulance tasked. 3 MOP + dog seen on island. CRT and ambulance recovered casualty before tide covered causeway. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 042277 |
| 40414 | 04/12/2021 | NCI Newhaven | MOP handed in 3 flares to NCI, 7 years out of date. HMCG informed, Police tasked to collect flares from NCI. | NCI | No | Yes | 042292 |
| 40416 | 04/12/2021 | NCI Stone Point | HMCG requestedNCI search for vessel reported to be sinking. Visual established. LBs tasked and took vessel under tow, 2nd one stood by with pump. Casualty towed to safety. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 042252 |
| 40428 | 04/12/2021 | NCI Southend | HMCG issued call re. drifting yacht. NCI had visual, CG informed. ILB tasked, NCI directed ILB onto casualty. Yacht, no-one on board, taken under tow by ILB to safety. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 042282 |
| 40440 | 04/12/2021 | NCI Penzance | NCI informed HMCG that an unmanned dinghy was adrift east of harbour. ILB tasked, recovered vessel to harbour, CRT investigated incident. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 042266 |
| 40410 | 04/12/2021 | NCI Torbay | Local dive boat issued Pan Pan re. 2 missing divers. NCI and fishing vessel offered assistance. Upgraded to May Day. Divers spotted and rescued by dive boat. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 042247 |
| 40467 | 03/12/2021 | NCI Portland Bill | May Day re. Cabin Cruiser with engine failure 5 miles from lookout. NCI monitoring. AWLB on scene, and commenced tow. , May Day cancelled, and casualty towed to safety in harbour. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | n/a |
| 40383 | 30/11/2021 | NCI Folkestone | NCI heard radio traffic re. MOP fallen down cliff. Assisted ambulance personal with directions, and looking for casualty. CRT and HELO tasked. Casualty recovered and transferred to hospital. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 041969 |
| 40365 | 29/11/2021 | NCI Torbay | HMCG contacted NCI re. overdue swimmer not returned to beach. Scan of area only saw 1 swimmer changing. MOP who reported incident confirmed swimmer safe and well. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 041906 |
| 40335 | 27/11/2021 | NCI Porthcawl | NCI observed RIB broken down. HMCG informed. NCI asked to monitor, winds gusting to 30 kts. ILB tasked and towed RIB to shore. All safe. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 041750 |
| 40312 | 26/11/2021 | NCI Torbay | NCI heard assistance request from yacht to HMCG. NCI had visual, sails flapping. AWLB tasked and assisted yacht. No action by NCI | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 041666 |
| 40439 | 25/11/2021 | NCI Swanage | NCI observed sloop struggling with winds and tide, Pan Pan issued. HMCG informed. Training ship offered assistance, and took vessel under tow. Pan Pan cancelled. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 041587 |
| 40303 | 25/11/2021 | NCI Newhaven | Police requested NCI look for lady reported missing. Watch kept open until dark to aid search, lady found and NCI stood down. | Police | No | Yes | POL822 |
| 40308 | 24/11/2021 | NCI Stone Point | NCI reported to HMCG a radio report of a white flare. Visual search requested, one vessel at anchor seen. Observation maintained, | NCI | No | Yes | 041459 |
| 40259 | 22/11/2021 | NCI Penzance | HMCG requested NCI search following a MOP report of white flashing lights offshore. Nothing seen. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 040823 |
| 40275 | 22/11/2021 | NCI Porthcawl | NCI offered assistance to HMCG re. man overboard from fishing boat, with boat still motoring unattended. Visual on boat, and casualty. AWLB, ILB, HELO tasked, casualty recovered, boat beached. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 041269 |
| 40244 | 20/11/2021 | NCI Mablethorpe | Red Flare spotted from fishing boat. HMCG issued May Day relay. NCI gave position. LB tasked, took vessel under tow to shore, and vessel recovered by tractor. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 041096 |
| 40249 | 19/11/2021 | NCI Rhoscolyn | NCI observed lone kayaker out in adverse conditions. HMCG informed, and NCI asked to monitor. Second kayaker joined him and both returned to shore safely. | NCI | No | Yes | 040887 |
| 40255 | 19/11/2021 | NCI Porthcawl | HMCG requested visual on distressed MOP close to cliff. Police, CRT, and ILB tasked. Visual established, CG informed. Police moved casualty to safety, units stood down. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 040894 |
| 40257 | 15/11/2021 | NCI Swanage | NCI observed yacht dismasted, occupier waving arms. HMCG informed, AWLB tasked, and conned onto casualty by NCI. Casualty towed to harbour. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 040462 |
| 40173 | 14/11/2021 | NCI Stone Point | NCI observed beached yacht. W/K spoke with occupant, assured he was Ok. HMCG informed, CG mobile attended, and due to damage, LB tasked to tow yacht off at hight tide. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 040201 |
| 40190 | 14/11/2021 | NCI Porthcawl | HMCG requested visual on surfer with potential dislocated shoulder. Difficult due to conditions and numbers in sea, however others observed in difficulty. CRT and ILB tasked, 4 surfers helped. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 040350 |
| 40207 | 14/11/2021 | NCI Southend | 3 MOP observed walking on MOD land. Managers advised. HMCG advised of possibly being cut off. CRT, ILB and hovercraft tasked. MOP ashore and received advice. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 040388 |
| 40168 | 13/11/2021 | NCI Gwennap Head | 2 MOP handed in to NCI a bag containing syringes and controlled drugs found on beach. HMCG informed, HELIMED made arrangements to collect. | NCI | No | Yes | 037814 |
| 40196 | 13/11/2021 | NCI Teignmouth | MOP reported to NCI an upturned boat drifting out of harbour on outgoing tide. HMCG informed. ILB tasked and recovered vessel. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 040280 |
| 40201 | 13/11/2021 | NCI Gosport | Pan Pan for yacht grounding . Ryde rescue attended, and TS stood by. Yacht refloated and proceeded under its own power to marina. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 040263 |
| 40141 | 10/11/2021 | NCI Cromer | NCI W/K checked beach and observed a large rock fall. No public present. HMCG informed, also local Council. | NCI | No | Yes | 039920 |
| 40143 | 10/11/2021 | NCI Newhaven | Police asked NCI for CCTV re. car on quay. Not immediately available, NCI asked to inform if car moved. Police later reported car moved by owner. | Police | No | Yes | POL898 |
| 40123 | 07/11/2021 | NCI Exmouth | HMCG requested visual on kite surfer reported capsized by MOP. Visual established and casualty recovered by inflatable. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 039550 |
| 40102 | 06/11/2021 | NCI Newhaven | NCI observed large anchor buoy washed up on beach. HMCG informed. 3 MOP rolled it onto car park. Port worker secured buoy, and it was removed by port authority. | NCI | No | Yes | 039422 |
| 40089 | 05/11/2021 | NCI Torbay | NCI informed of incident - 2 MOP 1 in water, 1 on rocks. W/K established visual. ILB tasked and recovered casualties and transferred to ambulance. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 039263 |
| 40092 | 05/11/2021 | NCI Llandudno | Pan Pan from rowing boat in difficulty. Yacht and ILB quickly on scene, and took casualties on board, and towed boat to shore | NCI | Yes | Yes | 039276 |
| 40098 | 05/11/2021 | NCI Porthcawl | NCI observed 4 MOP about to be cut off by tide. HMCG informed, situation monitored and CRT tasked. CRT confirmed coves cut off but no-one visible so assumed safe. | NCI | No | Yes | 039317 |
| 40095 | 04/11/2021 | NCI Hornsea | Police reported to NCI missing vulnerable adult. Visual lookout requested. Search carried out, nothing seen. | Police | No | Yes | POL287 |
| 40068 | 03/11/2021 | NCI Charmouth | NCI informed that MOP had fallen and had head injury.HMCG informed, advised 999 for ambulance, but long wait. CRT transported casualty to hospital. | NCI | No | Yes | n/a |
| 40071 | 03/11/2021 | NCI Lyme Bay | NCI received email reporting dead cetacean on beach. NCI had visual. HMCG informed and dealt with incident. | NCI | No | Yes | 039170 |
| 40051 | 02/11/2021 | NCI Mablethorpe | MOP approached NCI re. missing person. HMCG informed. CG mobile arrived and NCI stood down. | NCI | No | Yes | 038964 |
| 40059 | 02/11/2021 | NCI Wells-next-the-Sea | 3 MOP observed about to be cut off by tide. HMCG informed. ILB tasked. ILB picked up casualties, waited for tide to rise, and brought all to safety | NCI | Yes | Yes | 038940 |
| 40030 | 01/11/2021 | NCI Mablethorpe | HMCG requested station be opened to assist in search for missing vulnerable male. Ambulance requested use of DeFib. Missing person located and treated. HELO and CRT involved. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 03805 |
| 40043 | 01/11/2021 | NCI Porthcawl | Upturned craft observed by NCI. HMCG informed. LB and CRT tasked, recovered kayak, and owner made contact, and collected kayak from LB station. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 038838 |