Thank you for visiting the Thanet RNLI (Royal National Lifeboat Institution) Community Safety team website. The Community Safety team’s objective is part of the RNLI’s bid to halve accidental drownings in the UK by 2024. The UK National Drowning Prevention Strategy indicates that 400 people on average drown each year in the UK and a further 200 take their own lives on our waters.
RNLI AIMS TO CHANGE BEHAVIOUR
The RNLI nationally aims to change the behaviour of groups and individuals identified as being ‘at risk’ of becoming a rescue statistic for lifeboat crews.
To help raise safety awareness at a local level volunteer community safety teams are being appointed. The role of the Community Safety Team involves developing a local lifesaving plan, including identifying ‘at risk’ groups and providing targeted safety advice.
Watch this video below and find out how to float to live and give yourself a floating chance.
More information can be found via the RNLI’s Respect the Water website
Margate and Thanet’s (Kent) top four priorities:
1 ) Swimming;
2) Yacht sailing and motor boating;
At Thanet RNLI Community Safety HQ, we absolutely love the coast and we want everyone to really enjoy themselves and to be safe when they visit or take part in water based activity.
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Saturday morning saw our team visit the lovely Margate main sands to chat to visitors about beach and coastal safety. The weather was cloudy to start, but with hopes of an appearance of some sunshine Read more…
Picture credit : RNLI Lifeguards Weever fish are plain looking fish and are very common during the Summer months around the UK shore line. Often they nestle in the sand and in water just a Read more…
Our team are regularly asked at events who to call in the event of someone finding legacy military ordnance or a marine pyrotechnic (flare) on the beach or in the sea. Amongst some of the Read more…
Dover Open Marina Weekend is a fantastic opportunity to have a detailed look around the workings of a busy marina as well as enjoy a tour of the Dover lifeboat. When we were invited by Read more…
What is an EPIRB ?(Electronic Position Indicator Radio Beacon) An EPIRB works in a similar way to that of a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB). The EPIRB is activated when a sailor gets into difficulty out Read more…
Two members of our Community Safety Team were privileged and honoured to attend the Mayor of Ramsgate, Councillor Raushan Ara’s Civic Reception at the Salvation Army Hall on Thursday evening. The evening marked the official Read more…
