Partnership working

When things go wrong and people dial 999 asking for help, little is often said about the work behind the scenes to get the right equipment to the right place.

Yesterday morning, South Western Ambulance requested urgent assistance when a baby required urgent medical treatment in town. Portland MRCC contacted ARCC kinloss and discussed the use of Rescue 106, meanwhile the IRT was paged to prepare a suitable landing site for the helicopter close to the incident.

Thankfully when the IRT arrived at the station, the medical situation had improved and the helicopter was no longer required.

The Coastguard regularly visit suitable locations around the town just in case we need to land the helicopter in emergency situations - not all our incidents are on the cliffs or out to sea.