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Whitehaven Coastguard Rescue Team, Sneckyeat Industrial Estate, Whitehaven (2026)

24/10/2026

*** FLOOD WARNINGS: CUMBRIAN COAST ***

The Environment Agency has issued flood warnings (flooding is expected) for the Cumbrian coast:

📍 Gretna to Silloth including Port Carlisle, Skinburness and Rockcliffe
📍 Silloth to St Bees including Maryport, Flimby, Workington and Whitehaven
📍 St Bees Head to Haverigg, along the coast from North Head to Haverigg

Flooding is expected from 9PM on 24/10/2026 to 1AM on 25/10/2026.

Please:
Stay away from seafronts, promenades and coastal paths, especially around high tide
Never walk or drive through floodwater
If you see anyone in difficulty dial 999 and ask for Coastguard

𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙.
From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises and dolphins) etc, then we’ve got you covered should you need us.

HM Coastguard are responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria this includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston and Windermere).

🔗 https://check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk/target-area/011WACN3?v=map-live&lyr=mv,ts,tw,ta&ext=-3.821267,54.003771,-2.900443,54.879

24/10/2026

Have you seen missing teenager Caitlyn Addison?

Caitlyn, 17, from Great Clifton was last seen at around 2:30pm on the 22 October 2026.

Caitlyn is described as having dark hair, just over shoulder length and has a nose piercing.

She was last seen wearing a white/cream hoodie with a pattern on the back in pastel colours, black trousers, red and white Nike Jordan trainers and a black backpack.

Caitlyn has links to Workington, Cockermouth and Cleator Moor.

Officers are concerned for her welfare. Anyone who sees Caitlyn is asked to call 999.

Anyone with any other information which may assist is asked to contact police online at https://orlo.uk/GvnU2 quoting incident number 246 of 22 October 2026.

You can also phone on 101.

22/10/2026

⚠️❗️💨☔️ named.
Strong winds & heavy on Saturday. Office. Coastal emergency ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ for Coastguard

22/10/2026

🚨📟𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗧🚨📟 #𝟖𝟏 - 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗶𝘁𝗲, 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿 - 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 - 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻

We were tasked late last night to staff the Helicopter Landing Site at West Cumberland Hospital North Cumbria Integrated Care, for the arrival of Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 899 from Prestwick.

The helicopter was tasked to transport a patient for onward care, from a tasking with Patterdale Mountain Rescue Team.

We cleared the landing site, ensuring there was no debris that could present a hazard to the aircraft, then marked the perimeter until the aircraft had safely landed. Assisting the aircrew, we transferred the casualty in a stretcher to the awaiting North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust to A&E.

🤔 We sometimes receive comments asking: “Why doesn’t the helicopter just land on the helipad or a surrounding safe area without you?”

Our HM Coastguard Sikorsky S-92A, AgustaWestland 189 and the newly introduced AgustaWestland 139 helicopters are large in size. Each are powered by twin engines, producing extremely powerful downdrafts during landing and take-off.
Due to their size the helicopter could pose a danger to people and animals if they are in the immediate vicinity, as well as cause a distraction for the crew whilst trying to land safely.
Also, with the helicopter in most cases landing and needing to keep their Rotors Running (Turning & Burning) during patient transfer, our presence in controlling the landing site and undertaking a swift transfer of the casualty into/out of the aircraft is essential for safety.

💡 DID YOU KNOW?

HM Coastguard operates the Aeronautical Rescue Coordination Centre (ARCC) for the United Kingdom.

The ARCC is responsible for tasking all search and rescue helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, providing 24/7 coverage across the UK.

The ARCC coordinates closely with police, ambulance, fire, and other emergency services and monitors incidents across the UK Search and Rescue Region, covering approximately 2 million square miles.

𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙.
From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises and dolphins) etc, then we’ve got you covered should you need us.

HM Coastguard are responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria this includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston and Windermere).

20/10/2026

⚠️💨☔️ named. Disruptive wind & rain late Thursday & into Friday. Info @ Met Office. Coastal emergency ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ for Coastguard

01/10/2026

🛟 🏊 Water Search & Rescue was on the agenda for team training last night.
We chose Whitehaven Marina as our area of operation.
We started by recapping on basics such as safety of ourselves, followed by Hierarchy of Water Rescue. Then, applying operational learning, we reran some historic rescues that we've undertaken at Whitehaven of the years.

𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙.
From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises and dolphins) etc, then we’ve got you covered should you need us.

HM Coastguard are responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria this includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston and Windermere).

29/09/2026

🚨📟𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦🚨📟 - 𝟮𝟴/𝟬𝟵/𝟮𝟲 - #𝟳𝟰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲💥 & #𝟳𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 👀 - 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻

🚨📟𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗧🚨📟 #𝟳𝟰 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗲💥
We were tasked after a 999 call was received by our Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre Belfast Coastguard, reporting a red distress flare sighted off Whitehaven Marina. The team took up vantage points between Kells and Bransty, whilst other officers liaised with the first informant and some spoke with Marina staff.
We were stood down once our enquiries confirmed it to be fireworks which had been fired from West Pier.

🚨📟𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗧🚨📟 #𝟳𝟱 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 👀
Whilst concluding the first tasking, we were retasked to assist Cumbria Police with a high risk missing person search in the area of Whitehaven.
A command point was established from which our Officer in Charge deployed and coordinated 5 x search teams made up off officers from both Whitehaven Coastguard Rescue Team & Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team, covering areas between Whitehaven & Parton.

A request was made for St Bees RNLI to launch and assist with a shoreline search, along with Coastguard Rescue Helicopter 199 from prestwick.
Police located the missing person inland and all assets were stood down.

𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙.
From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises and dolphins) etc, then we’ve got you covered should you need us.

HM Coastguard are responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria this includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston and Windermere).

25/09/2026

Training this week focused on some of our Rope Rescue recovery techniques, covering 5:1 and 3:1 hauling. 🪢

We also did a quick assembly, functional test, and inventory check of both our Remote Radio Site and Incident Command Support setup. ⛺️🎙️

This setup provides us, our wider flank teams and partner agencies with an off-grid, fully powered and sheltered base, from which we can command and control search and rescue efforts, or simply provide welfare to our teams on protracted incidents.
It can be deployed anywhere we can get our 4x4 off-road vehicle.

𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙.
From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises and dolphins) etc, then we’ve got you covered should you need us.

HM Coastguard are responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria this includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston and Windermere).

05/09/2026

🚨📟𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗦🚨📟 #𝟲𝟯 - #𝟲𝟳

In addition to our joint emergency exercise at Whitehaven Marina on Tuesday, and our weekly team training on Wednesday, the team has also responded to 5 emergency callouts so far this week.

🚨📟 #𝟲𝟯 - 𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟵 - 𝗩𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘆 - 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻
𝗦𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘀

The team were tasked in the early hours to a boat that was in difficulty just off Whitehaven, St. Bees RNLI were requested to assist. On arrival St. Bees boarded the vessel and assisted in towing it to safer waters within the Harbour.

🚨📟 #𝟲𝟰 - 𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟵 - 𝗜𝗻𝗷𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 - 𝗦𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵

Team tasked to a member of public having fallen and suffered back injuries on St. Bees beach. The team conducted initial casualty care assessments and with assistance from St Bees RNLI transported the casualty to an awaiting ambulance.

We wish the casualty a speedy recovery.

🚨📟 #𝟲𝟱 - 𝟬𝟯/𝟬𝟵 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆 - 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁

The final Callout on Thursday took the team to Maryport where we had received reports of a person potentially in danger in the water just south of Maryport, after locating the person safety advice was offered by Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team.

🚨📟 #𝟲𝟲 & 𝟲𝟳 - 𝟬𝟰-𝟬𝟱/𝟬𝟵 - 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 - 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴

A member of the public discovered a concerning object on Drigg Beach and alerted the Coastguard, providing them with precise location coordinates using what3words (what3words.com). This facilitated swift locating and response from the team.

Upon arrival, the team assessed the object and sent photos to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team for further evaluation.

𝙄𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡, 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙛 𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨 ☎️9⃣9⃣9⃣ 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙.
From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises and dolphins) etc, then we’ve got you covered should you need us.

HM Coastguard are responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region. This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria this includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston and Windermere).

Whitehaven Coastguard Rescue Team

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