An evening out on the town

 The team had an evening out on the town last week. 

Ok so it wasn’t the usual evening out but under the guidance of our Senior Coastal Operations Officers it was a rope rescue exercise to continue to demonstrate our skills. 

Paddle boarders in near miss

 Today saw a joint operation between agencies to reduce incidents of anti social behaviour on the water. 

During the patrol the Coastguard team spotted four paddle boarders  in Shell Bay trying to get back to shore in a strong off shore breeze.  With several commercial vessels leaving the harbour the four were drifting back towards the shipping lanes and potential danger. 

Both Dorset Police marine section vessels returning to port were immediately requested to attend to provide assistance and get the four out of danger.  The last person and board were recovered on to the police boat less than a minute before the commercial vessel passed. 

The four were brought ashore and met by the team to ensure they were safe and given some safety advice on the dangers and safety equipment they should have had. 

The patrol also dealt with a medical incident at South Beach, four inflatable kayakers monitored off Knoll Beach and assisted another kayaker at Shell Bay. 

#Dorset Police Marine Policing team 

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Climber rescued

 A large multi agency incident for a fallen climber started just before 1pm today at winspit. 

A climber had fallen landing on their feet causing leg and possible spinal injuries. 

The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance, Coastguard teams from St Albans and Swanage , Dorset and Wilts Fire and Rescue , South Western Ambulance and Dorset Police attended. 

Teams worked together to stretcher the climber to an ambulance and on to hospital. 

Later in the afternoon the Swanage team searched for a missing 4 year old on Studland beach. After a short search they were found safely up the beach. 

End of an era

 

Today saw the “CG19” or log book go into retirement. 

These station log books have been used to record just about everything Coastguard teams do on station. 

The history of these log books can probably be traced back through nearly two hundred years the Coastguard have existed. 

Today teams have started to use the new electronic applications to record the activity on stations. 

Continued Training

 

Being volunteers , Coastguard teams regularly training to keep their skills up to date. 

The team here training at Old Harry to put a rope technician over the cliff and then recover them.

#999 Coastguard 

No BBQs

 

Whilst colleagues at Dorset and Wilts Fire were dealing with another Heath fire near Wareham which was believed started by a BBQ, the patrol were at Studland asking people to put their BBQ out !  

Please if you are visiting the Purbeck area respect the signage it’s there to protect our environment. 

Platinum Jubilee Party

A slightly different patrol today supporting the wonderful Jubilee Party in the lower high street and Prince Albert Gardens. 

After two years it was great to see so many people out enjoying this very special event. 

Thank you to all those who arranged the day it was an honour to be part of it. 

Air ambulance

 The patrol were just heading out yesterday when the Dorset and Somerset air ambulance started to land at Days Park. 

Heading over to the field the team stood by whilst  the aircraft landed and took the crew to the incident before returning to liaise with the pilots. 

After the incident we were really proud to meet our colleague Chris who had been on the team some years ago.  

Chris had always wanted to be on the air ambulance and we are super proud that he had achieved that dream. 

Always proud to work with our  friends from the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. 

Suspicious object

 

Solent Coastguard requested the team to attend the north end of the beach after a member of the public reported a suspicious object. 

Having sent the photos of the object to a bomb disposal team, they requested a cordon be put in place until they arrived. 

On arrival the Royal Navy team checked the item and removed it for safe disposal. 

Pan Pan

 The patrol were at Studland yesterday monitoring a speed boat which had caught on a five knot buoy when a yacht declared a “Pan Pan” at the entrance to Poole harbour. 

Having lost steerage they were in danger of drifting either onto the beach or on to the chain ferry. 

The patrol arrived on scene to monitor and provide the operations room ( Solent Coastguard) with an update of what was happening. The yacht grounded on the beach just before the chain ferry. 

Another yacht  came to provide assistance along with the harbour master and then the Poole RNLI Lifeboat. 

The lifeboat attached a tow line and managed to pull the vessel free taking it in tow back to Poole.