Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA | MCA No. |
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18266 | 13/01/2017 | NCI Skegness | Monitored with Mablethorpe and updated Emergency Control Room on tidal surges., | NCI | No | Yes | n/n |
18268 | 12/01/2017 | NCI Nare Point | CG requested search for missing female. No sighting to report from vicinity of Station. nfa | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | n/n |
18259 | 12/01/2017 | NCI Mablethorpe | Reported possible yacht grounding to CG. ILB confirmed no casualty and probably fawgi. nfa | NCI | Yes | Yes | 720 |
18676 | 09/01/2017 | NCI Bass Point | Reported large undergrowth fire to CG and Fire Service. Updated when fire burnt out. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | n/n |
18237 | 09/01/2017 | NCI Nells Point | Reported MoPs apparently tidebound on Island. ILB attended but found 'casualties' were well equipped fishermen. nfa. fawgi | NCI | Yes | Yes | 559 |
18217 | 08/01/2017 | NCI Teignmouth | Reported motor launch making smoke to CG. LB launched and directed to target on #0. No further problem, units stood down. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 472 |
18241 | 08/01/2017 | NCI Calshot Tower | CG requested visual on MoP report of kayak in difficulties. Craft located and CG informed it was 'fishing'. Fawgi | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 503 |
18240 | 08/01/2017 | NCI Calshot Tower | Monitored and updated CG on yacht reported aground. Incident closed as she refloated on tide. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 469 |
18178 | 05/01/2017 | NCI Porthcawl | Reported to CG that MoP report of 'person in water' was probably kayakers. ILB attended to confirm. Nfa Fawgi | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes | 0281 |
18278 | 05/01/2017 | NCI St Alban's Head | Advised CG of persons landing under cliff. Updated when they turned out to be bona fide climbers. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | 290 |
18205 | 04/01/2017 | NCI Folkestone | Reported unusual movement of small MB to CG. CG Helo checked area with no sighting. nfa | NCI | No | Yes | n/n |
18163 | 03/01/2017 | NCI Herne Bay | Reported small dinghy rowing in difficult conditions to CG. ILB launched to bring ashore safely. | NCI | Yes | Yes | 1716 |
18170 | 01/01/2017 | NCI Shoreham | Provided info to CG re apparently abandoned surfboard. Owner eventually arrived to reclaim it. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes | 0033 |
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