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A Community Rescue Service (CRS) campaign is underway to raise £100,000 to buy a new boat for search and rescue operations on the River Bann and the '¨surrounding area.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th Feb 2016, 08:30 BST
Updated 17th Feb 2016, 08:05 BST
Sean McCarry, Regional Commander, Comunity Rescue Service.Sean McCarry, Regional Commander, Comunity Rescue Service.
Sean McCarry, Regional Commander, Comunity Rescue Service.

The CRS had 250 call outs to help people in danger of distress across Northern Ireland in the last year alone - with 100 of these taking place in the 
Coleraine area.

Their crews provides a search and rescue response for missing persons and also crisis and suicide intervention, rural and urban searches, water rescues, community support 
and education.

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Coleraine CRS has launched a local fundraising project to raise £100k to replace a rib inflatable boat for use by its volunteer crews in Coleraine, Portrush, Portstewart, Garvagh, Ballymoney, Limavady and Ballymena,

CRS are raising £100,000 for a new boat for use on the River Bann.CRS are raising £100,000 for a new boat for use on the River Bann.
CRS are raising £100,000 for a new boat for use on the River Bann.

Calling for public support, CRS Commander Sean McCarry, told The Coleraine Times: “We’re aiming to replace one of the three boats we have in Coleraine which is 20 years old.

“We have identified a rib inflatable boat from Marine Specialised Technology (MST) in Liverpool and it will cost us £100,000 to buy it and fit it out.

“The boat we have at the minute measures 5.4 metres but the new one is bigger at 7.5 metres with a flatter tier design which will allow us to go into 
shallow water and not 
damage the boat.

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