Climber Rescued at Anvil Point

 A climber was rescued on Friday afternoon from the cliffs at Anvil Point. 

The climber was approximately 10 feet down the cliff when an incident resulted in a severe leg injury. Coastguards from Swanage , St Albans and Kimmeridge along with the RNLI lifeboats from Swanage attended. 

A Coastguard Rescue Officer descended the cliff and provided immediate casualty care before transferring the climber onto  the rope rescue system  and being lowered down together to the lower ledge and lifeboat crew .  

The lifeboat brought the female casualty back to Swanage to be met by ambulance crews including from the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance which had landed at Prince Albert Gardens. 

The air ambulance at Prince Albert Gardens before flying the female climber to hospital. 

Coastguard at Peveril

 Before we moved to the North Beach Car Park our home was at Peveril Point. 

Here is an early photo of the Coastguard lookout at Peveril Point now replaced by our colleagues in the NCI. 

If you visit Peveril you can see the remains of previous lookouts in the ground. 

200 today

It’s our birthday! 🥳 Today we’re celebrating 200 years of HM Coastguard.

We’ve marked this milesone, along with coastguard rescue teams from across the UK, with a special gesture to reflect the dedication of the service past and present – the casting of a throwline into the sea.

We’re always kept busy and it’s rare that we get the chance to reflect on what we do and why we do it, but today we’re taking a moment to do just that.

To search. To rescue. To save. #CG200 #999Coastguard

Report of Kayaker in distress

 Coastguard and RNLI lifeboats were tasked just after midday to a report of a kayaker in distress in the bay. 

The report of a yellow kayak or canoe paddling south and then someone in the water sparked the searching of the bay. 

Coastguards searched the shoreline from Peveril Point to Sheps Hollow checking with those on the beach whilst both lifeboats conducted a search of the bay.

With no further reports , sightings and the areas covered the search assets were stood down and returned to their stations. 

In an emergency dial 999 - Coastguard 

A search and possible ordnance

 The team had two call outs today , the first was a report of two children missing at Shell Bay Studland.  Family members had been searching for an hour before turning to the emergency services.  Coastguards from Swanage and St Albans were tasked but whilst on route the good news arrived they had both been located safely. 

Shortly afterwards  the team were paged again to a report of a piece of ordnance north of Sheps Hollow. The team deployed and liaised with the finder and quickly established this was an old wheel. 

Whilst we have been to this item before, we would much rather check the item than it be ignored. The object is unfortunately to heavy to remove from the location but has been marked to help us identify it quickly. 

Happy New Year

So we said goodbye to 2021 but not before we were put on standby for a grenade located at Middle Beach Studland.  Some how the item had found itself to a fence post in the car park so the incident was handed to Dorset Police. 

Just after 7pm the team along with colleagues from St Albans Coastguard were tasked to support Dorset Police with a search.  On arrival at the station the person had been located safely by Police. 

We would like to take the opportunity to thank everyone for their support during another challenging year. 

There is some exciting things ahead during 2022 with the 200th anniversary of HM Coastguard so look out for some history during the year.