MRI Crew Information
Commitment, Dedication, Compassion, Training...
Day or night, every day of the year, our volunteers are prepared to respond
to the coastguard in order to prevent the loss of life. It is not always possible to prevent the loss of life but there is sometimes
a family on shore desperately waiting for word…
MRI SAR Lifeboats Crew
The MRI SAR Lifeboats Crew is made up of 20 volunteers from within the local community. The lifeboats are on call 24 hours a day throughout the year.
The crew is formed from volunteers from MRI staff and the local population. As a declared emergency response unit, MRI has to be ready to launch for an incident within 10 minutes. As not all MRI staff live within a 10 minute journey, not all are on the crew, though they may be involved if an incident occurs during work hours. Every crewmember, whether MRI staff or not, contributes greatly to training and real life incidents.
The men and women, who are The MRI SAR Lifeboats crew come from all walks of life; Carpet layer, Director, Engineer, Fireman, Harbourmaster, Lecturer, Painter, Paramedic, Photographer, Policeman, etc..
They give up their time to train, exercise and respond to SAR Calls, whatever the time, whatever the weather.
MRI SAR Lifeboats Crew History
There has been a voluntary rescue service at Stonehaven, at least for the past 100 years.
The present MRI SAR Lifeboat resource has records since 1977. Though many of the staff of MRI have been members of the SAR Lifeboats crew, it is in fact a voluntary group that includes local people. To date MRI SAR Lifeboats have responded to over 450 incidents.
