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There was one. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Life-Saving_Service https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Life-Saving_Se...
by ryacko 8y ago
There was one.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Life-Saving_Service https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Life-Saving_Se...
- gerdesj 8y agoThen this happened: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_Guard_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_Guard_Act You (US) have made your choice on how you want to be rescued at sea and we have made ours. They are simply different models on how to do it.
- dingaling 8y agoThe UK didn't really make a deliberate 'choice'. The RNLI evolved to fill a need that Government wasn't funding; the Coast Guard is only two years older than the RNLI but was formed to prevent smuggling and to protect shipwrecks. Once the RNLI was founded as a charity there was of course no pragmatic reason to dedicate tax money to that mission, so here we are today. The contracted Coast Guard helicopter pilots on £150k each hovering beside a lifeboat staffed by volunteers. Whilst the paid RNLI executives sleep. Something's not right there and that's not a model I'd encourage others to adopt. If maritime rescue is considered worthwhile then it should be professionally rewarded, and at all levels.