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Dec 2

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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