Behind the scenes of London's RNLI - BBC London 

Actually it's not bizarre. It's actually better. Even the London Air Ambulance is a charity.

Dan M how’s it better to be a charity?

@@transportflick923 I realise this is a week later but organisations such as RNLI and London Air Ambulance actually refuse government money as it keeps them independent from bureaucracy and oversight. Imagine receiving £1 Million and then having to hire expensive consultants to help audit and ensure the money continues to come in as different governments come in with different priorities. Donors are a reliable source of income, even during tough times.

However I do think that the government should pay them for what they do.

The RNLI couldn't operate in the same way it is now if it was government founded. Nearly all crew are volunteers. You couldn’t have a government founded organization based on volunteers. The cost of running the RNLI in the same way as today with paid staff would be extraordinarily high. So a government founded RNLI wouldn’t be able to offer as good a service as today

No DGzRS are😂👍

*cough* firefighters; LFB

its a river, it was the 80's. if i had to guess it say they’re all on coke

adventuresinbelieving well they don’t get paid so they have the house their regular job affords

They work at other gigs

Martin Gerber because you don’t pay a tv licence...

@@spruceg00se I pay my Rundfunkgebühren... And other broadcasting groups can do it. You can watch the Tatort or Rote Rosen.

Martin Gerber yes but the uk tv loicence is different

@@martingerber5475 was willst du denn gucken

Bisarad Paudel BBC IPlayer

Saving lives at sea, covers all the lifeboat stations across the UK

Steelb 0907 Exacrly what I said

They chose to be outside government

LynxChan no

They have been private since the start in 1824

Plenty of strong women out there. Also: They are three people on the boat. And then it has to do with the design of the boat.

How sexist can you be ? There’s other members on board that will assist in pulling someone onboard it’s a team game, they all work together

I am ex-Coast Guard (working on the same RIB type vessels here) and I was often the only woman on crew. Lifting someone into the RIB is a matter of technique, smart use of tools (various loops and lines, floating stretchers, etc) and positioning. It also depends on the victim’s size (obviously) as no one of either gender is lifting a 100 kg+ person by themselves. Trained, expert rescuers of any gender get the job done whereas an untrained amateur will fail every time. It’s the same in policing, firefighting, paramedicine, etc: work smarter, not harder.

team work and technique.

@@elizabethgrant8686 While I agree 98% with you saying a untrained amateur will fail every time is incorrect and hurtful. First they are not an amateur if they have no training. Second if a strong person grabs a smaller person and hauls them in they succeeded on that account. Even in this video a bystander did the save, RNLI assisted and did medical follow up. Team approach. Revisit the work smarter aspect not more arrogant. Don't forget there have been times the professionals have fudged it up.(in all services)