Lifeboat Station
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI)
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute is a registered charity. During the year 2000 there were 6,249 launches across the UK. 860 lives were saved and 3,918 people were brought ashore. That's an average of 17 launches per day, 2 lives saved per day and an average of 10 people brought to shore per day.
A massive 8,639 lifeboat hours at sea of which 16% were services to merchant/fishing vessels, 51.9% to pleasure craft, 22.5% services to people.
38.2% of services were carried out in darkness and 4% were carried out in winds over Force 7.
Costs of launching a lifeboat are relatively small, but if all the running costs and maintenance it costs on average £5,800 to launch an all weather boat and £2,200 for an inflatable each time.
It is estimated that during 2001 it will cost £100 million to run the RNLI - approximately £274,000 every day.
To find out more information visit the RNLI website.
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