Traditionally our busiest month, August was quieter than normal with 20 jobs.
The first of the month saw the team support SW Ambulance with a male in cardiac arrest on Studland Beach followed immediately by a search for a family lost in the heathland between the Chain Ferry and Knoll Beach. With the help of the Police helicopter the team led the family including children and a baby to safety.
August also saw a large fire on Ballard Down which the team attended to ensure no one was trapped on the cliff side and to support partner agencies.
Mid-month we found ourselves at Winspit near Worth Matravers twice in a week extracting two casualties who'd damaged themselves slipping on the rocks there - one was stretchered to the CG helicopter, the other to a waiting ambulance
The end of the month saw us tasked to the Lifeboat Station to meet a yacht being towed in by the ALB. We don't have a television at the Coastguard Station, so the team took advantage whilst waiting for the lifeboat to return
And the other highlight....another replacement 4x4 vehicle. This time a brand new Mitsubishi L200 in white!
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