It is also a base for Her Majesty's Coastguard and the Torbay Lifeboat Station. There are also stations and facilities for the lifeboat and coastguard services. Squadron, Exmoor Search and Rescue team and local Fire, Ambulance and HM Coastguard services. A mayday was issued on 19 January which was received by the Thames Coastguard. The chief executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is Brian Johnson. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is in the town centre near the A3057. The national headquarters of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency is located in Commercial Road. There is a report from the coastguard of a ship sinking off the coast. He is owned by the Island's coastguard and lives at Dryaw Airfield. An annual raft race is organised by the North Coast Branch of Coastguard Association. BN-2T (turbine version) are used in military, coastguard, and police operations in several countries. All stations, all stations, this is Solent Coastguard, Solent Coastguard. The Coastguard CGOC then co-ordinates the emergency response. It stood on the site of the now-disused Coastguard Station. HM Coastguard came under the Admiralty in 1940.