Fire services

Now was this an emergency or an exercise? The weekends are a good time for the latter, especially for lifeboat volunteers and retained firemen, who wouldn't have to rush away from their jobs - assuming they don't work at weekends. 3.11.2011 - Thanks to the South Coast Leader (newspaper) we now know that William Mary snagged its nets on the bottom 21 miles out to sea. There was a fire in the engine room and one crew member had burns to his hands. The lifeboat was called out at 5.16am on Saturday. The fire was extinguished and the nets recovered. The lifeboat then towed the trawler back to port, arriving at about 11.30am.

This is not an official LFB image. The LFB logo is used to help identify the subject. This photo was taken from our front bedroom window. The crew were on hydrant checks nearby.

This is not an official LFB image. The LFB logo is used to help identify the subject.

I do actually have some photos of The Queen passing this spot, but they aren't up to scratch for sharing.