Author: Tom Clark

Our incidents don't always involve launching the Lifeboat. Today, whilst the crew were on station training, they were made aware of a casualty with a suspected broken arm near the station. Keeping the casualty warm with blankets, the crew administered Entonox gas to help manage...

It was a busy day for our crew today as they carried out a training exercise with the Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 175 and responded to 2 incidents. At 11.48am the Coastguard asked the crew to respond to reports of a kitesurfer that had become detached from...

2021 has been the busiest year GAFIRS has seen for 11 years! With 117 Incidents ranging from towing broken vessels, searches for missing persons, fires, sinking vessels and serious medical incidents including cardiac arrests. Our team has worked hard throughout the year, donating over 11,000...

It's been a busy weekend for the crews with 3 incidents in the last 2 days. On Saturday, whilst out on patrol, the crew picked up a broken down vessel in Portsmouth Harbour and towed them back to Town Quay for repairs to be carried...

At 5.30pm on Saturday 24th April Gosport Lifeboat was tasked as part of a multi agency response to a casualty in the water off Southsea. The crew launched within 6 minutes of the call and were on scene just 4 minutes later. With the Coastguard...