Incidents

We are tasked by the emergency services, including HM Coastguaard, Fire & Rescue, Police and the Ambulance Services. Our teams are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Below are the callouts that we have attended.

• Chepstow Yacht Adrift 28-09-19

  SARA Lifeboat 1 was at 0930, to a vessel in Chepstow which had come adrift from her mooring.
  She was located downstream of the A48 bridge, and we put aboard one of our crew members together with two members of the yacht club. They were able to get the vessel started, sand take her back to Chepstow pontoon where she was safely moored up.

  28th Sep 2019

  28th Sep 2019

• Mouth of the Severn Search 26-09-19

  The SARA Beachley Lifeboat Crew was called out just before 6pm, as the volunteers were getting ready for the start of normal training which is at 7pm. We were tasked with supporting the Police and Coastguard with a missing person search.
  SARA Lifeboat 1 was launched into very rough seas, initially to search along the far shoreline between the two Severn Bridges and subsequently further down towards the M5 Avon Bridge. SARA Lifeboat 3 was also launched, as was the RNLI Portishead Lifeboat.
  Fortunately before too long the missing person was located on dry land, safe and well, and the searchers were stood down before 7pm.

  26th Sep 2019

  26th Sep 2019

• Wintour Leap 21-09-19

  The whole SARA Beachley team was called out around 5.30pm (whilst several team members were busy at Symonds Yat setting up for the Wild Wye Swim tomorrow!).
  We were tasked with assisting Gloucestershire fire and rescue service with evacuating an injured climber from below the Wintours Leap cliffs. As well as our Land and Rope Teams, SARA Lifeboat 3 was launched and an SRT Team was deployed to assist with a potential transfer from the bank (across the mud as it was very low tide).
  The Fire Service were however able to take the casualty to a point from where she could be picked up by the Coastguard helicopter. The SARA land team then managed a landing site on playing fields close to the B4228 Coleford Road, so the casualty could be transferred to an NHS Ambulance.
  A great example of multi-agency cooperation tonight, and we wish the lady a speedy recovery!

  21st Sep 2019

  21st Sep 2019

• Beachley Lifeboat Search 18-09-19

  The SARA Beachley Lifeboat Crew were called out just after 11am today, to reports of a person in the water near the M48 Severn Bridge.
  SARA Lifeboat 1 was launched to support the Coastguard with a search, and was joined by RNLI Portishead and the Coastguard Helicopter, as well as Coastguard shore teams.
  After searching for 80 minutes, with nothing apart from a large field of debris having been found, the volunteers were stood down. This appeared to be a false alarm raised with good intentions.

  18th Sep 2019

  18th Sep 2019

• Beachley Slipway 15-09-19

  In the course of launching jet skis from the slipway, two members of the public ended up in the water without buoyancy aids. The tide was flowing out quickly and eddying strongly towards the Severn Bridge.
  Luckily several members of our team were watching the launches from the Lifeboat Station, and were able to run down quickly with throwbags. Other team members prepared SARA Lifeboat 3 and brought her down the slipway. A third member of the public launched one of the jet skis, and then capsized it but managed to recover.
  The two people in the water were rescued with a combination of SARA throwbags and the jet ski, without the lifeboat actually needing to be launched.
  One of the individuals had been in the water for a considerable period so an Ambulance was called. The team stretchered him up to the station and provided first aid until the ambulance arrived.

  15th Sep 2019

  15th Sep 2019

• Newport 11-09-19

  Just before 20:00 hours Newport crews were paged to attend an incident on the River Usk. Crew had mustered at station ready to deploy our dedicated Newport lifeboat the ‘Maureen Easton’ as a stand down was received from our tasking authorities.

  11th Sep 2019

  11th Sep 2019

• Gloucester Land Search 10-9-19

  SARA Land teams were called out at 22:30 to assist Gloucestershire Police with a high risk missing person search near Gloucester.
  Thankfully, as crews were mobilising to the scene it was reported that the missing person had been safely found and SARA crews stood down at 23:00

  10th Sep 2019

  10th Sep 2019

• Beachley Slipway 06-09-19

  Crews were paged to attend SARA Beachley, to support the Police with an incident in progress on the Slipway. SARA Newport crews, who had just recovered at Newport responded to assist.
  Due tot he nature of the incident, crews were unable to launch at Beachley, so SARA Sharpness were brought to standby in case a boat was required.
  Thankfully Police were able to resolve this incident and our crews were stood down.

  6th Sep 2019

  6th Sep 2019

• Newport tasking 06-09-19

  SARA Newport were tasked just before 12:00 to reports from Gwent Police of a drifting and possibly sinking vessel near St Julians. We recovered a partially inflated dingy.

  6th Sep 2019

  6th Sep 2019

• Leckhampton 04/05-09-19

  Called around 1400 on Wed 4 Sep, to assist Gloucestershire Constabulary with a search for a missing person in the Leckhampton area.
  Teams deployed from SARA Tewkesbury, Beachley and Wyre Forest Stations, as well as volunteers from Gloucestershire Cave Rescue Group. Crews searched throughout the afternoon and evening over some challenging terrain but were stood down as night fell.
  The search resumed at 0900 on Thurs 5 Sep, and we were joined by volunteers and search dogs from SARDA South Wales. Teams searched new areas and re-searched previous areas as it was believed the person was still mobile.
  At approximately 1700 one of the SARA teams saw a person lying by a wall. After a quick assessment, it was clear that this was the missing person. Two of our Casualty Carers checked them over as they had been out for some time before handing them over an NHS Ambulance Service.
  We wish the individual a good recovery.

  5th Sep 2019

  5th Sep 2019