River Incidents 2012

This page contains tables of all the river incidents attended to by our crew this year. For information on river incidents for previous years, please click on the appropriate link in the navigation.

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Incident No. Date Description Images
1 01.01.12
  • 04:26- Paged to a report of a person in the water near Myton Bridge
  • 04:34- Stood down by HM Coastguard prior to launch
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2 08.01.12
  • 18:48- False Page
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3 10.01.12
  • 23:44- Paged to a police incident in the area of Hull Marina
  • 00:03- Rescue boat launched
  • 00:16- Rescue boat on scene and standing off at a safe distance
  • 00:37- Casualty in the water Rescue boat moving in to recover.
  • 00:40- Casualty on board the Rescue boat. Rescue boat relocating to Admiralty Steps to meet the waiting Ambulance crew.
  • 00:52- Ambulance crew on scene and care of the casualty handed over.
  • 00:56- Rescue boat moving away from Admiralty steps and standing off at a safe distance until the rescue party is safely ashore.
  • 01:03- Rescue party safely ashore. Rescue boat stood down by HM Coastguard
  • 01:47- Rescue boat back at station.
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4 11.01.12
  • 20:13- Paged to a Police Incident on the Humber Bridge.
  • 20:28- Stood down by HM Coastguard prior to launch
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5 14.01.12
  • 15:08- Paged to a 32ft vessel aground near 23 Buoy of the River Humber
  • 15:24- Rescue boat launched
  • 15:34- Arrived on scene
  • 16:00- Crew man put aboard the casualty vessel. waiting for the tide to rise high enough to re float the vessel.
  • 16:35- Humber Lifeboat scrambled by HM Coast guard to escort the vessel to Grimsby after it has been re floated.
  • 17:07- Casualty vessel floating and making its way to the main channel escorted by the rescue boat.
  • 17:25- Casualty vessel handed over to the Crew of Humber Lifeboat.
  • 17:27- Rescue boat stood down by HM Coastguard returning to station
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6 16.01.12
  • 23:30- Paged to a person in the water at King George Dock.
  • 23:43- Rescue boat launched
  • 00:00- Rescue boat at King George Dock and Locking in
  • 00:11- Entering the Dock and beginning search for the casualty
  • 00:28- King George Dock and lock gates shut at the request of the police and rescue boat locked in until further notice
  • 00:58- Nothing found stood down by HM Coastguard and permitted to leave the dock
  • 01:12- Locked out of King George dock and returning to station
  • 02:03- Rescue boat back at station
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7 17.01.12
  • 21:03- False Page with Good intent
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8 18.01.12
  • 17:26- False Page with Good intent
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9 18.01.12
  • 19:27- Paged to a person in the water at Princes’ Quay Shopping Center.
  • 19:32- Humberside Fire and Rescue already on scene and requesting Rescue Junior be transported to Princes’ Quay and launched into the water
  • 19:44- Stood down By HM Coastguard Prior to launch as the casualty had been recovered by Humberside Fire and Rescue.
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10 23.01.12
  • 04:30- Paged to a person in the water at St Andrew's Quay.
  • 04:37- Stood down prior to launch
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11 30.01.12
  • 17:10- Paged to a suspicious object in the water near The Deep
  • 17:21- Rescue boat Launched.
  • 17:24- Searching area between the Humber Bridge and The Deep
  • 18:01- Nothing found researching area between The Deep and the Humber Bridge.
  • 18:20- Stood Down by HM Coastguard. Returning to station
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Incident No. Date Description Images
12 02.02.12
  • 14:33- Paged to a suspicious object in the River Hull
  • 14:42- Rescue boat Launched.
  • 15:05- On scene searching the River Hull.
  • 15:20- Nothing found researching back towards the River Humber
  • 15:36- Nothing found stood down by HM Coastguard. Returning to station
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13 14.02.12
  • 14:32- Paged to a person in the water at King George Dock.
  • 14:39- Stood down prior to launch. Casualty recovered from land.
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14 17.02.12
  • 13:12- Paged to a police incident at Minerva Pier.
  • 13:32- Rescue boat Launched.
  • 13:35- Stood down by HM Coastguard
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15 24.02.12
  • 09:28- Paged to a Yacht in difficulty near Brough.
  • 09:45- Rescue Boat Launched
  • 10:01- On scene escorting the vessel to Hull Marina
  • 10:15- Vessel taken under tow
  • 11:15- Locking into Hull Marina
  • 11:20- Stood down by HM Coastguard. Returning to station.
  • 12:05- Rescue boat back on station
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Incident No. Date Description Images
16 01.03.12
  • 11:21- Paged to a report of a dog stuck in the mud on Hessle Foreshore
  • 11:23- Stood down by HM Coastguard prior to launch
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17 10.03.12
  • 07:25- Paged to a report of a suspicious object in the River Humber near Brough
  • 07:33- Rescue boat launched
  • 07:48- On scene assessing situation
  • 07:56- Object recovered on to the rescue boat
  • 08:00- Rescue boat returning to station
  • 08:13- Rescue boat back at station. Stood down by HM Coastguard
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18 11.03.12
  • 14:49- Paged to a report of a vessel aground on a sand bank near the Humber Bridge
  • 15:01- Rescue boat launched
  • 15:04- On scene assessing the situation
  • 15:11- Due to the location of the vessel Rescue Junior launched
  • 15:15- Rescue Junior on scene 3 crew put on to the sand bank to check the well being of the crew on the casualty vessel
  • 15:23- Rescue boat standing off awaiting enough water to float the vessel
  • 16:27- Casualty vessel now floating and under tow to the Humber Rescue Slipway
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19 16.03.12
  • 17:06- Paged to a report of a missing person
  • 17:25- Rescue boat launched.
  • 17:27- Rescue boat searching down the River Humber towards Admiralty steps
  • 17:58- Rescue boat at Admiralty steps and requested to search the River back up towards Hessle
  • 18:31- Stood down by HM Coastguard
  • 18:36- Rescue boat returned to station
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20 28.03.12
  • 12:25- Paged to a vessel aground near South Ferriby
  • 12:49- Rescue boat launched
  • 13:02- Rescue boat on scene casualty vessel high and dry on sand bank
  • 13:11- Returning to station. Rescue boat will return to assist at the next high water
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21 28.03.12
  • 19:37- Relaunched to casualty vessel from incident 20
  • 19:46- On scene awaiting enough water to float the vessel
  • 20:54- Casualty vessel floating
  • 21:01- Vessel under tow to South Ferriby
  • 21:28- Casualty vessel safely moored at South Ferriby
  • 21:31- Rescue boat returning to station
  • 22:02- Rescue boat back at station. Stood down by HM Coastguard
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Incident No. Date Description Images
22 07.04.12
  • 16:05- Paged to a Yacht aground near Paull
  • 16:15- Rescue boat launched
  • 16:41- On Scene assessing the situation
  • 16:46- Rescue boat awaiting enough water for the vessel to float
  • 18:40- Casualty vessel floating
  • 18:46- Vessel on tow to Hull Marina
  • 19:27- Vessel safely in the lock at Hull Marina
  • 19:54- Rescue Boat back at station. Stood down by HM Coastguard
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23 11.04.12
  • 11:35- Paged to a vessel aground near Witton Sands
  • 11:44- Rescue boat launched
  • 11:47- Stood down by HM Coastguard
  • 11:56- Rescue boat back at station
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24 07.04.12
  • 01:44- Paged to a police incident on the Humber Bridge
  • 02:04- Rescue boat Launched
  • 02:11- Stood down by HM Coastguard
  • 02:20- Rescue boat back at station
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25 12.04.12
  • 22:45- Paged to a police incident on the Humber Bridge
  • 22:55- Rescue boat on standby ready for launch
  • 23:05- Stood down prior to launch
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26 15.04.12
  • 18:05- Paged to a vessel aground on the River Trent
  • 18:15- Stood down by HM Coastguard Prior to launch.
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