Please visit www.lifering.co.uk to report the condition of this lifesaving equipment (even if it is OK). This may help the RNLI and Bournemouth Council keep people safe from drowning. You will not have to log in and we will not collect any personal data. It should only take a few seconds. You are allowed to open the box, just please leave everything as you find it and close the box securely again when you are finished.
This is a SMALL cache and refers to Bournemouth Council owned Public Rescue Equipment on the west facing wall of the old Pier theatre (Now Rock Reef climbing centre).
Between March and October there is a charge of £1.20 to access the pier.
A lifering or lifebelt, also known as a "kisbee ring" or "perry buoy", is a life saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in the water, to provide buoyancy to casualties, prevent drowning and aid rescue. The original "Kisbee ring" is thought to be named after Thomas Kisbee (1792–1877) who (according to Wikipedia) was a British naval officer.
Liferings usually have a connecting line allowing the casualty to be pulled to safety. They are carried by ships and located beside bodies of water that have the depth or potential to drown someone. They are often subjected to vandalism which could lead to accidental drowning.
This lifering is maintained by Bournemouth County Council Seafront team as one of 52 pieces of Public Rescue Equipment along the seafront between Poole Town Bridge and Hengistbury Head. I have secured the permission of the council seafront team to place the cache here and invite the public to report the condition of the public rescue equipment here at lifering.co.uk.
You can open the lifering container (pull lid from the bottom) to look at the contents, but please do not remove anything from the container and close it securely when you have finished. The cache is not 'inside' the container itself and can be found without opening the container lid if you do not wish to.