The Glasgow Humane Society was founded in 1790. It is the oldest continuing lifeboat service in the world.[1][2][3][4] The aims and objectives of the Society are:
Preservation of human life in and around the waterways of Greater Glasgow.
Provision of lifeboat / safety services where and when requested.
The search and recovery of persons from the River Clyde where and when requested by Police Scotland
Advice to councils, emergency services, universities and schools businesses, riverside users and general members of the public on safety and accident prevention on waterways.
Education of the public in water safety.
The Society is contracted by the council to maintain the provision of Life Belts along the Clyde and assist in Search and Locate missions for missing people.
Alongside Strathclyde Police, the Glasgow Humane Society introduced a GPS system for rescue equipment along the River Clyde. At every lifebelt and rescue ladder position there are signs with an identifying code that a caller can to provide to police, that allows the police command and control system to accurately pinpoint the caller's location.[5]
Police Scotland RIB & Glasgow Humane Society boat on the River Clyde
In 2012, the society travelled to London to participate in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant.[6]
As of 2023, Officer is William Graham.[7]
The Bennie, a lifeboat custom designed by Benjamin "Bennie" Parsonage, is on display in the Riverside Museum.[6] Several boats are replicas of the Bennie, as it is the fastest boat that can still be tipped far enough to allow a person to be lifted over the side.[citation needed]
^Terry, Stephen (2011-04-30). Glasgow Almanac: An A-Z of the City and its People. Neil Wilson Publishing. ISBN 9781906476250.
^Lynne Wilson (31 January 2012). Grim Almanac of Glasgow. History Press. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-7524-8221-7.
^Alexander Duncan (1896). Memorials of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1599-1850: With a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the Glasgow Medical School and of the Medical Profession in the West of Scotland. Maclehose. p. 149.
^"Making History - Glasgow Humane Society". BBC. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
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