ABERDEEN lifeboat station has welcomed new volunteers to its management group.
The local crew provides 24/7 support, 365 days a year, including over the festive period.
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The appointments come as current coxswain, Davie Orr, announces he’ll be stepping down but will continue in the role of deputy coxswain.
Davie, who retired from his full-time role earlier this year, was successful in being appointed as an assessor/trainer with the RNLI and will begin his new role in the new year.
He said: “I joined the volunteer crew in Aberdeen 25 years ago but when the role of assessor/trainer came available it seemed like too good of an opportunity to pass up.
“This next stage of my time at the RNLI will be supporting trainee crew members and shaping future our crews around the UK.
“It has been an absolute pleasure to serve the Aberdeen crew as coxswain for the past 5 years and I’m delighted to continue serving the local community as second coxswain.”
As a result of these changes, the Aberdeen crew sees lifeboat mechanic Cal Reed, who joined the crew in 2006, become coxswain mechanic in a joint role, and Mark Gray become 2nd mechanic for Aberdeen all weather lifeboat, Bon Accord, alongside his continuing role as mechanic of the D Class inshore lifeboat, Buoy Woody 85N.
The station has also recently added three deputy launch authorities, John Strathearn, Martin Dunn and Gary Cruickshank, to its roster of volunteers.
In addition, the RNLI’s lifeboat station’s management group in Aberdeen welcomes Scot Livingstone as water safety officer, Stuart Braithwaite as deputy lifeboat medical advisor and Jamee Kirkpatrick as lifeboat press officer.
