HORNSEA INSHORE RESCUE FIND MISSING PERSON ON NIGHT-TIME CALL-OUT
The Hornsea Inshore Rescue crew found a person who had been reported as missing on Tuesday evening after receiving a late-night call-out.
At 9:40pm, the crew were tasked to assist in the search for a missing person thought to be somewhere between Hornsea and Mappleton.
The Spirit of Hornsea was swiftly launched by launchmaster Adam Collins with leading coxswain Karl Shannon at the helm and Liam Watson, Faye Melody and Jake Blackburn-Roberts as crew.
Once on the scene the crew proceeded to conduct a shoreline search using searchlights, radar and thermal imaging equipment.
A heat signature was picked up by crew member Faye Melody on the thermal camera. It was about half way up the cliffs and crew members Jake and Liam were sent ashore to investigate.
They found it to be the missing person and after a welfare check the person was assisted up to the top of the cliff and handed over to the waiting police team aided by the police helicopter which had arrived to illuminate the scene once the casualty had been discovered.
With the casualty safely in the hands of the police and coastguard, the two crew returned to the Spirit of Hornsea which then returned to base where it was washed down, refuelled and prepared for its next call out.
CEO and Station Manager, Sue Hickson-Marsay said: “This was a most successful outcome and shows how our intensive training and state of the art equipment proves to be essential for our life saving work.
“Well done once again to our crew and everyone involved in Hornsea Inshore Rescue.”
