On 13th April 2019, Sonny Ferry drowned in the River Foss, York after a night out. After 2 days of searching alongside North Yorkshire...

York Rescue Boat has received a housebuilder’s donation towards its brand-new support vehicle. The independent lifeboat, search and...

On 4th & 5th of July Mike and his team set out on a walk around York's Bar Walls to raise funds for York Rescue Boat. Whilst for some...

Gary - 06 Joined - Dec 2013 Role - Operational Crew and Equipment Manager Hours Volunteered - 2,021 Day Job - Assistant manager (Janico...

Ed - 104 Joined - September 2017 Role - Operational Crew, Media Team Hours Volunteered - 1,568 Day Job - Professional Photographer and...

Jack - 020 Joined - February 2020 Role - Operational Crew Hours Volunteered - 179 Day Job - Financial Technology Consultant Why did you...

Mark - 012 Joined - August 2014 Role - Shift Manager / Operational Crew / Flood Team Trainer Hours Volunteered - 4373 Day Job - Bus...

Helping to make York safer York Rescue Boat volunteer search and rescue team responds to emergencies on and around both of York's rivers...

Sean - 105 Joined - January 2017 Role - Operational Crew and York Training Coordinator Hours Volunteered - 809 Day Job - Teacher Why did...

Sally 023 Joined - September 2017 Role - Operational Crew and Education Coordinator Hours Volunteered - 1,207 Day Job - Pharmacy...

Mark 009 Joined - Jan 2013 (founding member) Role - Lead Coxswain and Procurement Manager Hours Volunteered - 3055 Day Job - Professional...

Mark 024 Joined - Sep 2017 Role - Operational Crew Member, Vehicle Coordinator Hours Volunteered - 1568 Day Job - Care Support Worker for...

Team called out to search for missing person

31/10/2019 In the 3rd call out in 2 days for the team, we were called out by North Yorkshire Police at 02.42 after receiving concerns for...

30/10/2019 Our on-call duty manager was once again awoken by North Yorkshire Police at 05.06 to reports of a person in the river Foss...

30/10/19 The team were alerted at 01.53 by North Yorkshire Police to a person on the wrong side of Ouse Bridge. As our duty incident...

26/10/2019 Our team were called out at 09.35 by North Yorkshire fire and rescue Sadly a body was recovered at the scene A full statement...

Date:Sunday 6th October 2019 Time:17.59 Our volunteer crews pagers were activated after receiving a report from North Yorkshire Police...

New plans to build a home for the city's lifeboat Currently our lifeboat lives in the Foss Basin which is not ideal. When flood water...

2018 saw the busiest year for the York Rescue Boat team since the charity was formed in 2014 2018 saw the busiest year for the team at...