Welcome to Mundesley Lifeboat online.
Mundesley Volunteer Lifeboat is entirely independent from the RNLI and supported completely by donations from the public. The lifeboat is a "Declared Facility", this means that H.M. Coastguard regard it as being on a par with the RNLI. The Service works closely with other Lifeboats in the area both inshore and offshore, and also with the RAF Search and Rescue Helicopter Squadron now located at Wattisham in Suffolk.
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Defib Donated To Village
A heart defibrillator located in Mundesley village centre was formally put into operation by
Norman Lamb MP and members of the East of England Ambulance Trust on Thursday 5th April.
The emergency equipment was provided by the Mundesley Inshore Lifeboat to commemorate its 40th anniversary year.
The Chairman Nick Alexander speaking at the opening said "Mundesley Lifeboat has had such
tremendous support from the village over the years that it was important for the organisation
to give something back to the village".
The project jointly organised between Mundesley Inshore Lifeboat and the East of England
Ambulance Trust came to fruition after several months of hard work.
The equipment is available to any member of the public who dials 999 and requests an ambulance. A code will be provided by the ambulance service to gain access to the equipment. Part of the project involved providing training to the village shop keepers on how to use the defibrillator which is used if someone has a suspected heart attack.
Thank you Talk Talk
Mundesley Lifeboat are pleased to announce that Talk Talk are sponsoring the purchase
of Automatic Identification System (AIS) equipment for our lifeboat station.
The new lifeboat arriving later this year will be fitted with AIS so that other vessels, the Coastguard and now the lifeboat station can track the lifeboat while it is at sea
Further news on the upgrade to the AIS system will be announced on the website shortly.
RYA Safety Boat Training
Six members of the crew have successfully participated in the RYA Safety Boat course which is provided by Norfolk Powerboating and is part of the ongoing training and development that the crew take part in.
The course covers a lot of skills both shore based and at sea that can aid in rescue and recovery.
Andrew Smith and Jason O'Toole rigging up an alongside tow.
Charity Shop Refurbishment
Vice chair of the organisation, Liz Payne was pleased to re-open the doors of our hugely successful charity shop after several weeks of refurbishment. The changes to the shop have bought it up to date and made it a better environment for existing customers but also to encourage new customers to try the shop.
Di Spray, Chair of the friends committee said, 'We would like to thank our volunteer shop manager Shirley Hunt and her team of shop helpers who work so hard to make the shop such a success. We would also like to thank all of the people who have kindly given us all of their unwanted goods for us to sell and make such a difference for our fundraising, please continue to support us.'
All profits from the shop have been supporting the operations of the Lifeboat since it's opening in 1995 and have helped to pay for essential items such as insurance, new boat and the lifeboat station.
If you have some free time and would like to volunteer to help in the shop please contact us.
Panto 2012
The friends committee were please to announce the annual pantomime of goldilocks and the three bears was a huge success as always and helped to raise vital funds for the Lifeboat.
Mundesley Lifeboat would like to thank Tracey Loftus and Paul Reynolds for all of their hard work as always and all of the cast and helpers backstage and front of house to make the pantomime the spectacle that it is.
New Lifeboat - UPDATE
Both the Eastern Daily Press and BBC Radio Norfolk have reported about the new Lifeboat.
To read the article by the EDP click here.
New Lifeboat
Mundesley Lifeboat is pleased to confirm our new lifeboat is on order, due for delivery in Spring 2012. The order has been placed with Ribcraft of Yeovil in Somerset.
Over the last twelve months the crew have been compiling a detailed specification for the new lifeboat. Three companies were invited to bid for the work which involved the supply of a standard RIB and then modification to our own specification.
The new Lifeboat is to be fitted with state of the art equipment, such as a Garmin chart plotter and an AIS transponder. The AIS ( Automatic Identification System ) broadcasts internationally recognised information to enable others to recognise and plot the Lifeboat in poor visibility. The chart plotter will enable the crew to carry out more accurate search plans and provides real time information of the boats position in respect to others.
The new Lifeboat has been paid for by legacies, donations and monies raised from the Lifeboat's own charity shop.
Further updates will be available as the build proceeds.
Boxing Day Dip 2011
Almost tropical weather bought out over 80 brave dippers to take part in Mundesley Lifeboat's annual Boxing Day Dip. 11.00 came and the sea was soon awash with santas, supermen and ladies and several suspicious looking Lifeboat crew dressed as women.
A record breaking crowd helped to raise over £600 which will be split between the Lifeboat and the Mundesley Youth and Community project.
For photos from the dip click here.
For a report of the event, including details of dips from Cromer and overstrand click here.
Flood Rescue Training
On Saturday 1st October and Sunday 2nd October 11 members of the crew took part in flood rescue training taken by Willie McMartin from International Rescue Corps.
The training was to build on initial training from last year to keep the members of the flood rescue team up to speed with techniques and guidelines.
Mundesley Lifeboat flood rescue team was formed as a result of the flooding in neighboring Walcott in 2007, dealing mainly with localised coastal flooding working closely with other emergency units.
