The Coastguard around the country

The MCA headquarters at Southampton (pictured above)


3 Regions - West, East and Northern Ireland and Scotland.


19 Districts - Each with with a Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC).


Districts are broken up in Sectors, each Sector has a full time Sector Manager.


Sectors are then broken down into Stations.

So here in Swanage :

East of England Region.

Portland District - Lyme Sector, Weymouth Sector and East Dorset Sector.

East Dorset Sector - Southbourne, Poole, Swanage and St Albans Stations.

Swanage Station covers Middlebere Farm to Dancing Ledge.