Voluntary Rescue Services around the world

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The recently delivered KNRM Vlieland based CHATARINA D in action
Photo : Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©
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The KNRM Vlieland based lifeboats GRAAF VAN BYLANDT and CHATARINA D in action
Photo : Flying Focus Aerial Photography www.flyingfocus.nl ©

A presentation of the Dutch voluntary rescue service:

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Pretty cool!

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UK & Ireland (yes, the Republic) have the RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution. [ rnli.org ]
See BBC series “Saving Lives at Sea”
e.g. https://youtu.be/VWFgK8zegWk

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France has the SNSM …
Société Nationale de Sauvetage en Mer - Wikipedia

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Here is a classical rescue vessel, originally belonging to “Redningsselskapet”, Norway:

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The NORDIC DONNA arriving in the port of Den Helder.
Photo: Wim Albers (c)
Presently operated by Glomar Offshore as a guardboat in the Dutch sector of the North Sea.

Built as RS 81 “Hjelm Waage” at Smedvik Shipyard in 1971.
Here is an article from Skipsrevyen from her delivery in 1971:

PS: Sorry, only available in Norwegian.

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She served Redningsselskapet (NSSR) from 1971 - 2004, both station at various locations along the Norwegian coast and Shetland.
PS: She has had various owners and tasks since then.

Here she is in her later years with NSSR, doing what she did best for 33 years:

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A presentation of NSSR:

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In North America the US Coast Guard has an volunteer auxiliary that generally doesn’t do much SAR (with a few exceptions) but there’s definitely parts of Canada that have volunteers routinely performing SAR as part of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary.