RNLI Life Saving Effect Review

[Daibheid]

I applaud the RNLI for trying to optimise coverage and return on investment of charity fundraising especially as they appear to be using hard historical rescue data and factoring that against the ever improving capabilities of newer boats. But change is always difficult and when you add in traditions and generations of dedication and sacrifice, this is going to be very contentious.
Here's hoping good dialogue and openness can allow the right compromises and best deployment of costly resources while honouring the traditions and sacrifices of existing facilities.

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[lakelandterrier]

The reality is most people don't like change, even if it's for a good reason. If RNLI data show that there's very little need for a station in place X as there are very few shouts, of a different boat is better for type of call / conditions, it makes sense to deploy the right boat in the right place, despite "tradition".

The RNLI do also open new stations where there is demand, and provide new services - just look how beach life guards have expanded over the few years.

[mhill]

I was previously crew on the Walton boat, the issues with the pier is totally understandable. but leaving Walton and the larger area without even an 85 is a dangerous move especially when you consider the traffic in and out of Harwich Haven with several busy ports & terminals and the many busy rivers and the associated leisure vessels. When you take the Walton based assets and then the down grade of Aldbrough I think it is a cut too far leaving such an area with a back up ALB a long way away.

Harwich is a busy station on its own and Walton's ALB regularly tows vessels into Shotley, for a Clacton based ALB to do that it takes the asset a long way off station leaving large gaps in another busy area for pleasure craft in the Colne Estuary area along with the constant issues with chip mushers around Clacton Pier and the many tragedies there have been there over the years.

Then there is the way that the bureaucrats at Poole seem to state we know best with no transparency or pier review of the data.

[GuyC]

I suspect the reasoning is probably logical but the way the RNLI have dealt with it possibly leaves a bit to be desired.

It's a sign of the times unfortunately