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ILB requested by Coastguard to assist a 12-year-old boy cut off by the tide, having fallen with a suspected neck injury. Ambulance crew on scene to provide medical assistance.
 
Addition Casualty Care crew travelled by land to the scene 400 m from the Lifeboat Station to assist ILB crew transfer the casualty to the waiting ambulance.
 
No further assistance required to ILB returned and re-housed.
 
Weather          Part Cloudy
Visibility           Good
Wind Force     3 Gentle breeze
Wind direction W
Sea state         Slight

29/2018
DATE  09/09/18          14:46 - 17:30
ALB

ALB requested to divert while on exercise to report of small RIB with three persons on-board overdue return to Burntisland harbour.
ALB proceeded and further requested to contact any other vessel in the area that may have any information on the missing RIB.

ALB stood down when Kinghorn ILB located the RIB in the harbour.
Lifeboat concluded exercise and returned to Anstruther harbour and re-housed.

Weather          Clear skies
Visibility           Good
Wind Force     5 Fresh breeze
Wind direction W
Sea state         Mod/chop