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Dec 2, 2024
Portrush RNLI Volunteers receive commendations from the RNLI
Five volunteer crew members of Portrush RNLI were presented with Medical Director Commendations from the RNLI on Saturday, November 30. ...
Dec 1, 2024
Person rescued after falling at Giants Causeway on Antrim coast
This afternoon (Sunday 1 December) Portrush All Weather Lifeboat (ALB) was requested to launch by Belfast Coastguard to reports of a...
Nov 23, 2024
NI Fire & Rescue Service assist with 85 flooding incidents during Storm Bert
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) responded to multiple calls for assistance on Saturday morning and early afternoon (23...
Nov 20, 2024
easyJet partners with the Search & Rescue Dog Association Ireland North
easyJet has partnered with Northern Ireland emergency search and rescue dog charity, SARDA IN, to allow their highly-trained dogs to...
Oct 12, 2024
Dangerous winds sweep the Causeway Coast: Walkers rescued in dramatic operation
Coleraine and Ballycastle Coastguard rescue team members crawling across the field on Saturday. The scenic Causeway Coast turned perilous...
Oct 5, 2024
Mandy hangs up her pager after 26 years of service with HM Coastguard
On the stroke of midnight, September 30, 2024, Mandy Johnston, a dedicated Coastguard Rescue Officer, turned off her pager for the last...
Aug 27, 2024
RNLI Redbay take part in nine hour call-out to rescue couple off Mull of Kintyre coast
RNLI Redbay and Campbeltown at sea with the casualty vessel off the Mull of Kintyre coast. Red Bay and Campbeltown RNLI rescue two people...
Aug 20, 2024
Helicopter rescue operation at Kinbane Castle following serious injury
Coleraine and Ballycastle Coastguard Rescue Teams in action at Kinbane Castle. In a dramatic rescue operation on Monday afternoon (19...
Jun 14, 2024
Police and CRS teams searching for Stephen Watterson have recovered a body
Police and Community Rescue Service searching for missing person Stephen Watterson, have recovered a body in the Tobermore Road area of...
Apr 2, 2024
CRS teams searching for missing woman Paula Elliott recover body from River Lagan
Teams searching for missing woman Paula Elliott have sadly confirmed they recovered a body from the River Lagan on Monday, 1st April....
Mar 7, 2024
Rescue operation launched after young person washed downstream in Portglenone
A rescue operation was launched on Thursday afternoon, 7th March, after it was reported a young person had entered the River Bann at...
Mar 4, 2024
Surfer recalls rescue as RNLI celebrates 200 years and over 146,000 lives saved
Surfer Matthew Best from Lisburn pictured with RNLI Lifeguard Supervisor Annie Jagoe who was involved in his rescue at Benone Beach....
Feb 19, 2024
CRS volunteers searched 51 days before discovering body of missing Co Antrim man Alan Whiteside
Volunteers of the Community Rescue Service (CRS), Northern Ireland's search and rescue organisation, searched for over 50 days looking...
Jan 4, 2024
Man rescued from river in County Antrim
The scene of the incident on the Inver River. (Image: NI Emergency Response Vids) Police have said an incident in which a man was rescued...
Oct 23, 2023
NI Search and rescue expert elected to top position for UK and Ireland
Sean McCarry OBE The Association of Lowland Search and Rescue (ALSAR) are delighted to announce their new Chair Sean McCarry OBE, the...
Oct 20, 2023
Police confirm body of Lee Johnston found in Maghera
The Police Service has confirmed that a body discovered in Maghera on Wednesday night, 18th August, is that of Lee Johnston. Police were...
Oct 20, 2023
Emergency services rush to the scene after man falls down cliff in Glenarm
Emergency services rushed to the scene of an incident in Glenarm on Thursday afternoon, 19th October, after it was reported that a man...
Oct 19, 2023
Community Rescue Service volunteers discovered body during search in Maghera
Community Rescue Service (CRS) volunteers were at the forefront of a search operation which led to the discovery of a body of a missing...
Aug 7, 2023
Secretary of State hails 'incredible' work of K9 Search and Rescue Team
Secretary of State, Chris Heaton-Harris MP, with K9 Search and Rescue dogs, Max, Koda, Betsy and Murphy, and their handlers. The...
Jul 10, 2023
Larne RNLI rescue kayaker in water near Portmuck Harbour
Larne RNLI were requested to launch on Friday evening (7 July) at 5.24pm to reports of a person in the water at Portmuck. Both of Larne’s...
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