Sorry for the lack of Blogs this week, despite it not being busy (rescue wise) behind the scenes there has been lots going on with meetings, TV appearances and training.
Yesterday, Austen and I attended the RNLI college along with the Station Officers from St Albans and Southbourne and rescue officers from Poole to be shown the new Search Management policy being brought in by the Coastguard.
The training was delivered by Pete Pritchard the Sector Manager for Lyme, those you know Pete will know he comes from an a military background so his delivery of training is very interesting with lots of "life experiences" thrown in.
Whilst there wasn't any major shocks, the major changes are the planning and management of the team during the search and those really affect Austen and I.
So for 4 hours we were shown how the search which is based on a bicycle wheel!!
The hub being the last known position of the lost or missing person
The spokes would be the paths and tracks the person could be on
Reflectors are places that a person may be sat at
The Rim is the maximum area or boundary the person could have reached!
Along with lots of statistical values and details of various types of missing or lost people it was great training at a lovely location (nice coffee Pip!)
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