BARB was called out at 9.29pm by HM Coastguard to reports of a person possibly in river water near the Clink in Bridgwater. Our water rescue technicians and other crewmembers were called out alongside Police, the fire service, ambulance, Burnham Coastguards and HART. BARB’s inshore rescue boat,...
Our volunteers were called out at 2.10pm to Berrow Beach to assist in a search operation for a missing person reported to be in a ‘distressed state’. Our crew quickly arrived on scene with our hovercrafts to conduct a search of the beach alongside Coastguards. Fortunately, our...
BARB's volunteers were called out at 3.09pm to a stranded car stuck in soft sand on Burnham beach at the Maddock’s Slade entrance. The driver had asked a local resident if she could drive onto the beach because the gate was open - she'd been told...
Our crews were called out by HM Coastguard to Brean beach amid concerns for the welfare of a man seen wading across the mudflats a long distance from the beach, with a fast-incoming tide nearby. Burnham Coastguards were also called to the scene and our rescue...
Our trained Marine Mammal Medics were called to Brean at 12.50pm following reports of a young porpoise being washed up on the tideline — the second over the past week. Our team headed to the beach and quickly found the mammal near Brean Down. Sadly, it...
Our crews were called out to a vehicle stuck on Burnham beach. BARB’s volunteers towed the vehicle to safety....
BARB CALL-OUT #40: Sep 5th. Our fully-trained Marine Mammal Medics were called to Brean beach at 11.48am after a report of a porpoise being washed up on the tideline. Our crew drove to the scene, between Berrow and Brean, and found a young male porpoise that had...
Our hovercraft was called out at 12.25pm by Coastguards to reports of a woman struggling through knee-deep mud on Brean beach. Our Spirit Of Lelaina 2 hovercraft was launched from Burnham beach and a second crew travelled by road to Brean alongside Burnham Coastguard Rescue Team. The woman...
BARB CALL-OUTS #36, #37 & #38 August 19th, 25th & 26th: Our volunteers have been called out several times to assist with beach vehicle recoveries in recent days. Our crews were called out at 8pm on Bank Holiday Monday evening after the beach warden raised the alarm...
BARB’s volunteers were tasked by the Coastguard to help free a stranded car in mud on Brean beach. When we arrived on scene (after call-out #34) the car had been joined by a second vehicle which had attempted to tow the first one out. Both were within...