Water Rescue Training

Colleagues in Hampshire have joined police, fire and RNLI teams in a massive flood rescue exercise designed to get all parties working better together in a real emergency. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11793416. Of course, as reported in our earlier post, colleagues in Cornwall were doing it for real this week.

We were doing some water rescue training of our own tonight although not on such a grand scale. More about this and maybe some pictures too tomorrow...

Coastguards are busy in Cornwall this morning.

Trapped drivers rescued as floods hit Cornwall



A spokesman from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said coastguard teams were working with emergency services to evacuate flooded buildings across coastal communities, with the incident elevated to "gold command".

Weather & foam

Odd ? Bit of bad weather on route tonight and tomorrow but our very own weather man(occasional blog) has failed to present the facts?

Meanwhile at the station the contractors who built the station had to return today to carry out some minor adjustments.....

Having driven from Portsmouth with a can of expandable foam a gap 15cm by 30cm was filled, this should improve the draft in the garage!

Spring Cleaning

Yesterday morning the team came together for a big clean up of the garage and station. Its amazing how much "rubbish" arrives during a year and we took no prisoners......

The policy in place was......is it an official piece of kit ?
Has it been used in the last 12 months?
It is damaged?
Was it junk?

We built quite a pile despite Austen's best efforts to pull bits out and say "that will be useful"!

Oh sorry forgot the important part of the morning, the bacon rolls, why else would any sensible person get out of bed at 10.00 to do some cleaning?

Less we forget

After a busy morning at the station (more on this during the week) the team attended the towns remembrance parade.

Then after church it was back to the British Legion for tea and buns.

Zoe

Another happy customer (our 8th or 9th dog related incident this year). Walking near to Durlston Castle, a squirrel seemed fun to chase however whilst the squirrel took a right turn up the tree, Zoe took a dive over the cliff landing 40ft below.

The area is very steep so to get her back up a full rescue had to be instigated to ensure the safety of the team and Zoe.

Assisted by the St Albans team, Zoe was recovered safe and well back to the top (well done Gareth on your 1st rescue as a newly qualified technician).

There was a heart stopping moment as the dog bag was opened and I asked if anyone had hold of the lead as Zoe jumped towards her owners and then promptly back in the direction of the cliff!

New Chief Executive

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a new Chief Executive, Sir Alan Massey.

When we say new, Sir Alan has been in post since about July, so we must apologise that the news hasn't been posted before but this news has'nt filtered down very quickly.

Sir Alan comes to the Agency with a lot of experience, his previous role was the Second Sea Lord and Commander in Chief of Naval Home Command.

Uniform, part 2

Black and Whites......used on patrols, meetings or other official duties, also worn under the jacket during official duties.
During the winter or those colder summer days, a Coastguard blue jumper is worn over the shirt.

Remembrance Day

John Ketley was a weatherman, and so was Michael Fish.

Another sunny day in Swanage tomorrow then .....? Um no.

So weather expert Ocassional Blog, what's the forecast for the weekend?

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