RNLI volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 235 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and has more than 150 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 137,000 lives. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has …[more]