Holbrook Coastguard Rescue Team - 999 or 112

The Holbrook Coastguard Rescue Team is on call 24 hours a day-365 days a year. In a coastal, beach or mud incident call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.

Holbrook Coastguard Rescue team was formed in 1996. Originally based at the Royal Hospital School in Holbrook, Suffolk it was comprised of Staff and Students and was one of only four teams in the UK to be made up of adults and young people in this way. We moved to our current base at the Royal Harwich Yacht Club in May 2011. Nowadays the team made up of ten volunteers from across the Shotley Peninsular in Suffolk, all of whom have full time jobs or commitments, and give their time, skills and efforts willingly and without salary. As an emergency service Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRT's) respond to 999 call outs to perform Search & Rescue, Water Rescue, Mud Rescue and and work with other emergency services and neighbouring CRT's in joint response to incidents. We also work closely with the RNLI for example to rescue vessels in difficulty and get them and their crew to a place of safety.

The team is fully trained and equipped to carry out search and rescue operations across the Peninsular and beyond and can be called out by the Maritime Operations Centre at any time of the day or night, in all weathers, to assist those in trouble or missing, to seek confirmation or further information of a report, or to any emergency that requires our resources. Where needed we can also request the assistance of colleagues from neighbouring teams or the Coastguard helicopter which provides a fantastic service to all CRT's in the South East.