During 2020 all NCI stations closed for two months at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. On re-opening most stations were single-crewed for the rest of the year.
| Incident No. | Date of Incident | Station Name | Incident Summary | Initiated by | Lifeboat involved | MCA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58820 | 29/09/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | MOP informed CG re missing SUP - Tasked NCI Hengistbury Head to make visual search - nothing found, Radio ch0 heard casualty found ashore - all Stood down | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58831 | 29/09/2026 | NCI Newhaven | NCI Newhaven observed male self harming - seen to walk off nearby playing fields.NCI heard CG asking CRT to lookout for male self harming. NCI contacted CG passing info. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58834 | 29/09/2026 | NCI Shoreham | CG contacted NCI Shoreham following report of boat sunk near LB station - scanned area - nothing seen | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58839 | 29/09/2026 | NCI Mablethorpe | NCI Mabelthorpe spotted SART activation on AIS - contacted CG with info and position. CG contacted vessels in area - nothing. NCI sent screen shot, CG issued Mayday relayre SART activation. Nothing found . NCI stood down | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58840 | 29/09/2026 | NCI Canvey Island | Canvey CRT tasked to washed up vessel, CRT called NCI Canvey to ask if station was open as no response on phone (using old number) to ask if any vessel can be see - negative, Incident closed after vessle aground and owner informed | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58808 | 28/09/2026 | NCI Exmouth | NCI Exmouth reported to CG unmanned drifting kayak. advised Harbour Master giving precise location | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58809 | 28/09/2026 | NCI Folkestone | NCI Folkstone observed 4 persons climbing cliffs - reported to CG who requested to monitor - NCI reported one person waving jacket to attract attention - all returned to beach. CRO talking to them | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58810 | 28/09/2026 | NCI Portscatho | MOP reported to NCI Portscatho person collapsed on road nearby. NCI contacted CG who tasked Air Ambulance and CRT., Police. CRT and Ambulance on scene Casualty taken away | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58816 | 28/09/2026 | NCI Torbay | Pan Pan heard MC broken down. NCI Torbay contacted CG to say no visual, but will continue monitoring. - contacted CG with sighting of MC and updated lat&long, CG rebroadcasted Pana Pan with location - vessel nearby and took casualty in tow to harbour | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58819 | 28/09/2026 | NCI Hornsea | MOP reported to NCI Hornsea ordinance on beach - NCI informed CG who tasked CRT. After inspection found to be harmless. All stood down | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58799 | 27/09/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | MOP observed by NCI HH. sitting on cliff edge WK warned of danger - refused to move to safer position, NCI contacted CG as MOP drinking alcohol and appeared to be vulnerable. CRT tasked - police and LB on scene. Ambulance at NCI, Casualty talked away from danger by police and taken to ambulance. All stood down | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58807 | 27/09/2026 | NCI Wells-next-the-Sea | NCI Wells next to sea observed two persons about to be cut off by tide - contacted CG who asked to monitor. 20 mins later still in trouble advised CG who tasked ILB who recovered casualties | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58794 | 26/09/2026 | NCI Exmouth | HMCG called NCI asking them to monitor a broken down speedboat, Pan pan issued. ILB tasked. NCI informed CG there were 3 PWCs on scene and starting tow. ILB arrived and casualty towed back , to estuary. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58787 | 25/09/2026 | NCI Filey | MOP reported to NCI that 2 elderly people were cut off by the tide. 2 others climbed rocks to after a struggle. HMCG informed, ILB tasked. NCI monitored situation from a vantage point. LB located , casualties, who declined help. Casualties decided to climb rocks, and with difficulty reached safety, NCI monitored until safe. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58774 | 24/09/2026 | NCI Torbay | HMCG called NCI re. a kayak possibly in difficulty, reported by a MOP. Area was searched, and nothing seen, CG updated, NFA. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58781 | 24/09/2026 | NCI Filey | NCI heard ILB being tasked by HMCG after a report from a MOP of a capsized vessel, 2 POB. NCI had been monitoring a dinghy in the area but all was well. A more extensive search was carried out. , A second, unmanned vessel being monitored by NCI had disappeared from AIS, CG informed. LB located unmanned vessel - all okay. Assets were stood down. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58784 | 24/09/2026 | NCI Gosport | HMCG asked NCI to search for a 'person of interest to the police' believed to have entered the water. Police vessels searched the water. Nothing seen, and assets stood down as person had been , apprehended. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58750 | 22/09/2026 | NCI Rame Head | HMCG called NCI asking for a search for a fishing vessel, 1 POB, with engine failure. W/K went to cliff edge and identified casualty, and updated CG that casualty was being assisted by a second vessel, casualty was towed to safety by second vessel, NCI monitored until safely in harbour. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58751 | 22/09/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | HMCG called NCI re. report from MOP of a fishing vessel too close to swimming zone. NCI searched but saw no such vessel, CG updated. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58761 | 22/09/2026 | NCI Cape Cornwall | MOP informed NCI a person was possibly in difficulty in the water. casualty located on CCTV, and showed no distress, although was being buffeted by the waves. HMCG informed, monitoring , requested. Casualty then appeared at the slip, with a bodyboard and appeared okay. CG updated, NFA. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58735 | 21/09/2026 | NCI St Ives | Local fishing vessel called NCI re. loss of power and drifting. Assistance requested. HMCG informed, details given and location of nearby vessel supplied. No resomse from second vessel, but a third , vessel responded and offered a tow. casualty was towed to harbour and safety. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58736 | 21/09/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | HMCG called re. report of a flashing light by MOP. Visual requested. Nothing seen, possible reflection from vessel. CH updated, NFA. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58731 | 20/09/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | HMCG issued a Pan Pan re. a fishing vessel with a fouled prop. ILB tasked, NCI asked for visual - confirmed but at extreme range. NCI conned LB to casualty via mobile phone. LB undertook a tow to the , safety of harbour. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58745 | 20/09/2026 | NCI Nells Point | HMCG called NCI asking for visual on people cut off on island and waving a flag. Nothing seen except a fishermann. ILB tasked, and after search found no-one stranded. Fisherman staying on island. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58726 | 19/09/2026 | NCI Cleethorpes | NCI called HMCG re. concern for a walker, plus dog, on marsh and unable to find way back. CRT tasked, attended them and escorted to safety. CRT then escorted a further three people off the marsh. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58721 | 19/09/2026 | NCI St Agnes Head | NCI overheard event organisers reporting a canoe participating in a race was in difficulty. It then developed that several were in struggling, but visibility was poor. NCI informed HMCG of concern., Organisers requested assistance, AWLB and ILB were tasked. All casualties were brought safely ashore. CG updated. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58724 | 19/09/2026 | NCI Stone Point | NCI informed HMCG a motor boat had broken down and was drifting. ILB tasked, and attached a tow line, but water was very low so had to wait for tide to rise. Casualty was towed to port, NFA | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58711 | 18/09/2026 | NCI Cleethorpes | HMCG called NCI re. call from a lost walker on the marsh. NCI had visual, and would stay on watch until recovered. CRT arrived on scene, escorted casualty to safety, CG updated. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58717 | 18/09/2026 | NCI Filey | NCI observed a catamaran had capsized, single crew member unable to right it. HMCG informed, ILB tasked. A passing motor vessel helped right the casualty, ILB arrived and confirmed all was well. NFA. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58749 | 17/09/2026 | NCI Porthcawl | NCI observed a wing foiler in difficulty in rough seas. After monitoring, NCI called HMCG, and ILB tasked. Casualty then managed to reach calmer water, CG updated, LB cancelled. NCI monitored , casualty until they reached shore. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58709 | 17/09/2026 | NCI Torbay | NCI observed 2 persons in kayak, capsize then right it, but one unable to get back onboard. Casualties attempting to swim ashore, NCI concerned for their safety. W/K then lost visual, bu saw two , exit the water, exhausted. HMCG informed, CRT tasked. Casualties seemed okay, and got back on the water and paddled to the beach where their car ws parked. All safe. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58715 | 17/09/2026 | NCI Wooltack Point | NCI heard an emergency sound from a vessel, then HMCG asked any vessel issuing a May Day to identify themselves. NCI informed CG of their evidence, and vessel confirmed they had carried out an , emergency drill, but no May Day. CG issued a Pan Pan, but no response. incident closed. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58716 | 17/09/2026 | NCI Shoreham | MOP informed NCI a kite surfer was in difficulty. HMCG informed. When visibility cleared, the casualty was identified as a kayak with a sail., and was now on the beach. AWLB tasked and then stood down, NFA, as this was one of several calls re. this kayaker. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58704 | 16/09/2026 | NCI Gwennap Head | NCI observed 2 climbers in front of station, leaving rucksacks behind. Much later that day, the rucksacks had not been claimed, HMCG informed. CRT tasked, and found a phone number, , which they rang, and when answered it was the climbers, who were safe and still down the cliff. Assets stood down. | NCI | No | Yes |
| 58706 | 16/09/2026 | NCI Hengistbury Head | Plice attended lookout with drone, looking for a vulnerable person, no immediate NCI involvement. NCI informed HMCG of situation. Police left lookout, and asked NCI to continue looking for casualty. , CG updated, but no involvement. No further developments, and investigation was ongoing as far as NCI were concerned. | Police | No | Yes |
| 58686 | 15/09/2026 | NCI Shoreham | HMCG called NCI re. concern by a MOP for a kite surfer, visual requested. Visual confirmed, CG updated. NCI informed RNLI by phone of location, AWLB checked and casualty was in no difficulty. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |
| 58689 | 15/09/2026 | NCI Froward Point | NCI heard a Pan Pan from a yacht unable to start engine. Vessel located by NCI and position confirmed to harbour authority. Harbour vessel went alongside, and then both vessels headed to the harbour. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58685 | 14/09/2026 | NCI Exmouth | HMCG called NCI re. concern for a fisherman on a sandbank in an incoming tide. NCI monitored, saw no cause for concern, and then they came safely ashore. | MCA/HMCG | No | Yes |
| 58691 | 14/09/2026 | NCI Porthcawl | NCI observed a MOP on the pier, behaving erratically. Casualty monitored on CCTV, HMCG informed. CRT and ILB tasked, and Police attended. Police escorted distressed person away, assets stood down. | NCI | Yes | Yes |
| 58673 | 14/09/2026 | NCI Cleethorpes | HMCG asked NCI to look for a paddle boarder, in the watering drifting. NCI observed an object, CG informed. CRT and ILB tasked, and object was found to be a large tree branch. NFA. | MCA/HMCG | Yes | Yes |