Last night I was speaking to a well respected member of the public about the Coastguard when I suddenly realised that they thought Coastguard Rescue Officers (us) were FULL time!
So the next twenty minutes was spent explaining how despite being a part of a Government Agency we are all volunteers. There are full time Coastguards - Sector Managers, MRCC staff and HQ staff to name a few.
Coastguard Rescue Officers are not retained like firefighters, however get a small payment when called out and for one official training session a month. The rest of the time the team give their time for free which probably equates to over 70% of the hours put in.
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