Hero Edinburgh RNLI rescue teams launch a staggering six times in past week

Yahoo

03-04-2025

The RNLI Queensferry lifeboat has launched on service six times in the past week to a number of incidents involving people cut off by the high spring tides.
The calls were made between Monday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 3, spurring the rescue team into action.
The first call came in on March 31 when UK Coastguard recieved reports at 4.55pm of an adult, two children, and two dogs cut off by the tide on the rocks east of St David's Harbour, Inverkeithing Bay.
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The crew was already gathered at the station following an earlier shout and waiting for the tide to drop in order to undertake a training session on the slipway.
The lifeboat proceeded at best speed to St David's and located the casualties on the rocks near the waters edge. All were recovered to the lifeboat and taken to St David's Harbour to be met by local Coastguard teams.
On Tuesday, April 1, crews were paged at 2.45pm to reports of three people in the water on Cramond Causeway. The lifeboat arrived on scene and spotted two people chest-deep in the water part way across the causeway to the mainland.
The individuals were recovered to the lifeboat. It was confirmed by the first informant that there were no further persons in the water. The casualties were very cold and were taken to Cramond Village to be met by an waiting ambulance and local Coastguard Rescue Teams.
The crew then undertook a shoreline search of the island along with Kinghorn Lifeboat to ensure there was no one cut off by the tide on the island.
The following day, the rescue squad was called to action again for the third consecutive day when a report came in at 2.18pm of a person cut off by the tide on Birnie Rocks, west of Granton Harbour.
The lifeboat arrived on scene to find the individual standing on rocks, nearly in the water due to the rapidly flooding tide.
Under challenging conditions, both due to the position of the casualty surrounded by rocks and the sea state, the person was recovered to the lifeboat.
They were assessed and found to be extremely cold. Crew monitored the individual and tried to keep them warm as they headed to Granton Harbour to meet local Coastguard teams and await an ambulance.
As the person was handed over at Granton, the lifeboat was re-tasked to two persons and two dogs cut off by the tide on Cramond Island. These persons were recovered and taken to Granton Harbour.
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