| Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA | MCA No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12166 | 24/07/2012 | NCI Lyme Bay | CG requested assistance to prevent public access to major fatal rock fall over two days. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 291603 |
| 12162 | 23/07/2012 | NCI Wells-next-the-Sea | Reported MoP with possible heart attack for CG and paramedics to casevac. | NCI | No | Yes | 2407 |
| 12163 | 23/07/2012 | NCI Torbay | CG requested visual on possibly disabled open boat. Updated CG that boat had entered harbour. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 291526 |
| 12164 | 23/07/2012 | NCI Torbay | Relayed radio call to CG from disabled MC. Local vessel towed in. | NCI | No | Yes | 291492 |
| 12165 | 23/07/2012 | NCI Mundesley | Informed lifeguards of child in inflatable launching dangerously. Parents advised and child brought ashore. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12161 | 22/07/2012 | NCI Shoreham | Reported disabled MB off harbour mouth by radio to HM. Patrol boat attended. Craft towed in by local FV. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12160 | 21/07/2012 | NCI Lyme Bay | Assisted in location of disabled MB for helo to spot and harbourmaster to recover. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 290936 |
| 12159 | 21/07/2012 | NCI Worms Head | Relayed MoP report of injured girl on Causeway. CRT attended to casevac. | NCI | No | Yes | 290987 |
| 12158 | 21/07/2012 | NCI Caister | Reported drifting MB. LB found they were about to dive in main channel. Advice rejected. No diving noted. | NCI | Yes | No | |
| 12157 | 21/07/2012 | NCI St Agnes Head | Reported fire and downed aircraft on cliff face. All safety services attended crash scene. | NCI | No | Yes | 3006 |
| 12156 | 21/07/2012 | NCI Wooltack Point | Reported large grass fire near airfield. Firebrigade attended to extinguish. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12155 | 18/07/2012 | NCI Skegness | Relayed MoP report of distressed youngster to police who recovered the child after watchkeeper sighting. | NCI | No | No | 302 |
| 12154 | 17/07/2012 | NCI Mablethorpe | Police requested search for missing MoP. No sighting. Man subsequently found safe ashore. | Police | No | No | 17317 |
| 12153 | 16/07/2012 | NCI Exmouth | CG requested observation of overloaded dinghy. Craft observed until out of sight. CG attended in Dawlish. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 2914 |
| 12152 | 15/07/2012 | NCI Calshot Tower | Reported capsized yacht. Crew made shore and LB attended to recover vessel. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 2655 |
| 12151 | 15/07/2012 | NCI Nells Point | Relayed MoP report of PWC crew 'under the influence of drink' to Police for action. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12150 | 15/07/2012 | NCI Wooltack Point | Assisted recovery of disabled dive boat by relaying messages to CG on Chan. 16 and phone. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 290251 |
| 12149 | 14/07/2012 | NCI Portland Bill | CG requested monitoring of recovery of sinking yacht and helo lift of crew. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 290040 |
| 12148 | 14/07/2012 | NCI Nells Point | Reported capsized dinghy. Crew recovered by FV LB recovered dinghy. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 1789 |
| 12144 | 11/07/2012 | NCI Exmouth | Reported youngsters 'tombstoning' in dangerous area.CG Mobile attended to advise children and parents. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12146 | 11/07/2012 | NCI Gorleston | Reported kayak in possible danger. Monitored recovery by RNLI beachguards. | NCI | Yes | Yes | |
| 12147 | 11/07/2012 | NCI Gorleston | CG requested info on MoP report of vessel 'on fire'. Identified as a 'coal-burner'. NFA | MCA/HMCG | No | No | |
| 12143 | 10/07/2012 | NCI Worms Head | CG requested search for injured MoP. Casualty located by CRT for helo casevac. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 289673 |
| 12142 | 10/07/2012 | NCI Bass Point | Reported yacht in difficulty close to rocks. Crew then succeeded in clearing sail and motored clear. NFA | NCI | No | No | |
| 12141 | 07/07/2012 | NCI Point Lynas | Reported three capsized kayaks in the Race. Vectored LB onto casualties for safe recovery. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 1570 |
| 12140 | 07/07/2012 | NCI Lyme Bay | Station closed due to weather but team assisted helo landing and paramedic for casualty in floods inshore. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 2488 |
| 12139 | 06/07/2012 | NCI Charlestown | Reported disabled dory being paddled to shore. Updated CG as craft paddled 2nm to beach. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 2757 |
| 12138 | 06/07/2012 | NCI Exmouth | Reported yacht aground and danger to shipping. Monitored until refloated on rising tide after three hours. | NCI | No | Yes | 2755 |
| 12137 | 06/07/2012 | NCI Boscastle | Reported large flotsam as danger to craft. Recovered by Harbourmaster. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12136 | 05/07/2012 | NCI Torbay | Reported sunk kayak with two MoP in water.Recovered safely by ILB for casevac to hospital. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 2734 |
| 12135 | 04/07/2012 | NCI Charlestown | Reported MoP cut off by tide. Casualty safely recovered by ILB and interviewed by police.. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 2712 |
| 12134 | 04/07/2012 | NCI Bass Point | Advised CG of a craft adjacent to disabled inflatable. FV towed casualty in. | NCI | No | Yes | |
| 12133 | 02/07/2012 | NCI Mablethorpe | Reported possible MoPs in trouble. LB paged but cancelled as object was cardinal buoy adrift. | NCI | Yes | No | 288584 |
| 12132 | 02/07/2012 | NCI Point Lynas | Relayed MoP report of dog and owner stuck on cliff face. Rescued by CRT but dog had to be put down. | NCI | No | Yes | 288564 |
| 12131 | 01/07/2012 | NCI Herne Bay | Passed positional details on grounded yacht to CG. Yacht refloated by LB with no damage. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 2586 |
| 12130 | 01/07/2012 | NCI Skegness | Reported injured seal to Wildlife Santuary who will attend. | NCI | No | No | |
| 12128 | 01/07/2012 | NCI Mablethorpe | Reported swimmer being blown offshore. CG later advised it was RNLI exercise not booked with MRCC | NCI | Yes | No | 288452 |
| 12127 | 01/07/2012 | NCI Portland Bill | Co-operated with CG to assist motor cruiser to safely transit Portland race. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 2373 |
| 12126 | 30/06/2012 | NCI Shoreham | Reported downed kite surfer monitored and reported on recovery by passing PWC. | NCI | No | Yes | 2328 |
| 12125 | 26/06/2012 | NCI Prawle Point | CG requested visual on disabled yacht. Radar position reported for LB to tow in safely. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 2565 |
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