They already serve as eyes along the coast and now a team of watchkeepers is providing a vital piece of lifesaving equipment.

Eastern Daily Press: Norman Lamb meeting Mundesley Coastwatch volunteers who had funded a new defibrillator. Picture: MARIE GREERNorman Lamb meeting Mundesley Coastwatch volunteers who had funded a new defibrillator. Picture: MARIE GREER (Image: Archant)

A new defibrillator has been funded by Mundesley Coastwatch Station team members.

North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb unveiled the device, used in the vital first minutes when a patient goes into cardiac arrest. The defibrillator has been placed at Mundesley Museum where the coastwatch station is based.

Station manager Bob White said: 'We decided that we would commission an additional defibrillator at the sea front for the community and our visitors.

Whilst the village centre, home to another defibrillator, is only a few minutes away, those few minutes could make the difference between life and death for somebody taken ill on the sea front.'

First responders Mario Stango and Leigh Caudwell trained watchkeepers on how to use the device.