We had a visitor at the Station today from Portland MRCC.....
There mission was to have a look around the patch and build on their local knowledge, it also allowed the truck to have a good run as it suffering from the damp conditions and not having a run.
We started down at Wytch Farm and drove along the shore of Poole Harbour, around Studland to Middle Beach (well every Coastguard has to stop and refuel). Then out to Old Harry over Ballard and back to the Station.
Today's trip out shows how important local knowledge is not only for our Operations Room Staff but also the team, whilst on Ballard we discovered a log blocking a gate. This route is really important to us for incident working so we will have to contact the landowner and ask why this route has been blocked off. Thankfully we found it today not when out on an emergency.
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