Providing cover

Last nights incident showed how the team have to work closely to provide IRT cover.

The IRT - Initial Response Team is two people on call from the team 24 hours a day. Out of a team of 13 providing two people is not an easy task for the management of the team.

Of course two people can not always carry out a full rescue and that's where the rest of the team become the BURT - the Back Up Response Team.

We have a monthly plan who will cover the IRT, but of course being volunteers this plan has to change to fit around family and the working lives of people.

Yesterday, Swanage Oscar saved the day when a swap around of the IRT allowed a birthday dinner to take place uninterrupted. Just as well really as the IRT got called out and the Station Officer would have ended up in serious trouble if for the second time he got got called away from the restaurant!