Search & Rescue

Maritime Rescue Instititue, Scottish Charity No. 032388 provides the Kincardenshire Coast with its independent lifeboat. It's dedicated team of 20 volunteers is on call to HM Coastguard 24/7 throughout the year and is supported by voluntary contributions for its operation.

All of the essential techniques and information learned with our Research and Development programmes are utilised when MRI are called out to respond to the public's needs.

Maritime Rescue Institute are ready to respond to any call, whether it be a direct distress call or co-operation with any other rescue service if their expertise are required.

The links above will help you learn all about MRI's extensive Search and Rescue abilities. Learn about how far MRI's operational area is in the Operational Area section and discover all about MRI's Previous Callouts.

Please also visit the MRI Search and Rescue Gallery to see vivid examples of MRI in action.

Previous Callouts

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…

It is MRI's primary objective to do everything they can do make sure that anything that can be done to save a life is the done.

To view information on the latest MRI callouts please click here.