1868 J. D. McCabe lvi. 448 In order to guard against this, and to afford timely assistance to persons in danger of drowning, ‘rescue stations’ have been established along the water front of the city.
1908 2 Apr. 7/2 A well-equipped rescue-station and experimental gallery, established by the leading Lancashire coalowners, was opened to-day.
1993 T. Clancy (1994) ii. 35 The island converted to a rescue station, from which a crashboat might respond to an aircraft accident.