Despite the manpower and facilities available, search and rescue organisations are often faced with the challenge of finding people in large areas of land, or sea. To support and help with search and rescue at sea, Direct Line is gifting its Fleetlight drones and open source tech to Caister Lifeboat Association to be used in real life rescue situations.

Caister is one of the only offshore lifeboats in the UK that is independent of the RNLI, with the first lifeboat being used in 1791 to save ships wrecked on the sandbanks by Caister. It is home to the UK's fastest lifeboat which was officially launched by HRH Prince Charles.



The team at Caister have conducted dozens of life-saving missions in the last year. However, their abilities are limited by how far they can see, particularly in the frequently choppy weather. The Fleetlights tech and drones will enhance their vision at day and night ensuring more rescues have a happy ending.