2 kids rescued from drifting raft

The 25th June at 22:30 Swedish Sea Rescue Society received an alarm about a raft outside Hittarp with 2 people on board who had called on attention from land.

Swedish Sea Rescue Society departed with Rescue Lars Lindfelt and Rescue 6-56 equipped with OXE200. The raft had drifted a good distance from land, it was dark and one of the persons on the raft lacked swimming skills. Using the Rescue 6-56, Swedish Sea Rescue Society helped the two kids from the raft and assisted in pulling the raft to the beach.

Swedish Sea Rescue Society is involved for 80% of all sea rescues in Sweden and receives no government funding. The Society is financed by membership fees, donations and voluntary work. Despite this, or possibly as a result of this, the Society has doubled the number of sea rescue stations in recent years, tripled the number of rescue volunteers available and built 230 modern rescue vessels. This expansion has enabled the Swedish Sea Rescue Society to meet its goal of departing within 15 minutes or less from the time an alarm is received. Crews live close to stations and conduct training several times a month.