Our volunteers were called out last night at 10.33pm to join Police, Coastguards and Weston RNLI in an extensive search of the coastline for a missing person, a 73-year-old man from Highbridge. Our team was tasked with searching the beach between Burnham and Brean Down using...
BARB CALL-OUT #11: June 1st. Our crews were called out alongside Coastguards and the RNLI shortly after 8.30pm following reports of a dog in the sea and concern for the welfare of the owner near the low lighthouse. Our crew immediately prepared our hovercraft for launch and,...
Coastguards called out BARB’s team to Sand Bay at 5.43pm where a family was struggling in deep mud. One of our teams and a hovercraft was driven by road to Weston beach, ready to launch to fly around to Sand Bay. Two teams of Coastguards from...
Our volunteers were called out by HM Coastguard at 5.04pm today to Weston beach where a man was reported to be struggling in deep mud a long distance from the shore, having attempted to reach the sea at low tide. Our Light Of Elizabeth 2 hovercraft...
BARB CALL-OUT #08: May 24th. As our hovercrafts were returning from Call-Out #07 near Berrow Point they spotted a suspicious object located on the very low tide line near Stert Island which needed investigating. Two of the Burnham Coastguard Mud Rescue Technicians got kitted up and once...
Our crews were called to Brean beach at 1.37pm by HM Coastguard to reports of a 'struggling kayaker' in the mud. Both BARB's hovercrafts were swiftly launched from Burnham beach and made quick progress along the sands to Brean. As we were approaching the scene, we received...
BARB's call-out to Berrow beach yesterday, alongside our colleagues from Burnham Coastguard, following reports of two people spotted in the mud....
After a long period with no call-outs while local beaches have been mainly quiet during the lockdown, BARB’s volunteers were called out at 12.37pm today by HM Coastguard to reports of two persons stuck or struggling in mud on Berrow beach. Both our hovercraft were quickly...
BARB’s flood rescue team was deployed to South Wales this afternoon where Storm Dennis has caused localised severe flooding of homes. The BARB team, which is a declared national asset, was called out to provide support alongside other emergency services as part of Surf Life Saving...
A walker stuck in waist-deep mud on Weston beach has been rescued by the BARB hovercraft working closely with Coastguards this afternoon. BARB’s crews were called out by Coastguards at 3.30pm when the man was spotted in difficulty with the tide incoming nearby. Several Weston Coastguard Mud...