Parachute flares assist night time rescue
25/11/2020
Parachute flares helped rescue teams find a person in the water at darkness in Ireland.
Late one night in November, Girvan’s Shannon Class all-weather Lifeboat was asked by Belfast Coast Guard Operations Centre to search for a person in the water.
The RNLI Girvan team was also joined by Coastguard Rescue teams from Girvan & Ballantrae, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire & Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service shoreside.
RNLI Girvan crewmembers put on drysuits to enter the water. Girvan Lifeboat used searchlights and white illuminating parachute flares to light the area.
The casualty was quickly located by Police Scotland officers and paramedics also carried out checks.
The image of Girvan lifeboat is credit of the RNLI.
See details of another rescue in Ireland.
