2018 - Looking Back - October

October saw 12 taskings which was higher than normal, and there were some fairly lengthy incidents amongst them, including a broken leg at Dancing Ledge, a mini-stroke at Emmets Hill and some overdue climbers at Durlston who'd been stranded overnight. 
Sadly there were two lives lost during the month, one was a kayaker who failed to return from a race between Studland and Swanage and was found drifting 22 miles to the South the following day after an extensive sea and coastal search. The second was a young male who was recovered from the rocks at the base of the cliffs at Cattle Troughs.  Thoughts are with both sets of families.

We did some joint training with the Technical Rescue Team from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue and worked together to recover a dummy casualty from over the cliff........

......before posing for the obligatory team photo!

A windy day near Chapmans Pool saw us dealing with a walker taken ill.  Two Coastguard Rescue Vehicles and a Helicopter in the shot.