Burnham Area Rescue Boat
| Burnham Area Rescue Boat | |
|---|---|
BARB Search & Rescue | |
Rescue hovercraft Spirit of Lelaina. | |
| General information | |
| Type | Marine Rescue Center |
| Location | The Esplanade, TA8 1BB |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51°13′59″N 3°00′00″W / 51.2331°N 2.9999°W |
| Opened | 1994 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Burnham Area Rescue Boat (BARB), also known as BARB Search & Rescue, is a voluntary independent search and rescue service, formed in 1992 in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset that operates two rescue hovercraft and two inshore rescue boats in the Bridgwater Bay area. It is a registered charity.
It operates BBV hovercraft and small inshore rescue boats. The construction of its boathouse on the seafront in 1994 was the subject of a television programme and took just three days.