Local knowledge is a key skill in the Coastguard so when there is an emergency the team can respond quickly and safely.
Often some of the routes change and gate locks become stuck so as well as looking for potential incidents we have engaged with our partner agencies.
The above picture is at Studland and shows the usual track flooded and another route being found.
In a coastal emergency 999 Coastguard.
The team had a busy Saturday when the patrol were tasked to Ocean Bay and a report of two people fallen from a jet ski. Whilst the patrol were on route the rest of the team along with St Albans Coastguard and Swanage RNLI inshore lifeboat were paged to attend.
On arrival it was found the pair had safely made it ashore having capsized the craft. As they were being checked out another incident came in near to the stone quay of a person with a badly broke ankle.
Both Coastguard teams proceeded and the lifeboat and located a male on a nearby pontoon.
Treatment was given until the arrival of the air ambulance due to the nature of the injuries.
Prince Albert gardens was cleared to allow the air ambulance to land safely.
With everyone working together the male was stretchered to the aircraft and flown to Dorchester hospital.
A “bridge” describes a ridge of rocks and is less than half a metre across.
The chalk is deteriorating quite badly at the location and a slip or trip could end in disaster.
The patrol asked the group to come back and suggested a safer location to take photos.
We urge anyone visiting the coast to take care near cliff edges and not take risks trying to take photos in these locations.
In a coastal emergency 999 Coastguard.
Tasked to assist the ambulance service the team escorted the ambulance crew down to the incident just above the beach.
Whilst the ambulance crew were treating the casualty the Coastguard team looked at the options to evacuate the casualty safely from the location . Due to the terrain and the need to stretcher the casualty back to the ambulance , assistance was sought from the Swanage RNLI lifeboat crew.
On arrival the Coastguard and lifeboat crew worked together to safely transfer the casualty to the inshore lifeboat and then the larger lifeboat back to the slipway where again the ambulance continued their treatment.
The team were stood down and returned to station around 1am.
The call just before 2pm reported a climber fallen several metres receiving head and chest injuries.
The Coastguard teams assisted in the transfer of the climber to the aircraft supporting the aircrew.
As by chance one of aircrew paramedic “Chris” was on his first day on the helicopter and had previously served on the Coastguard team at Swanage. From all of your friends Chris we are so proud of your achievements.
The visitors to the area had travelled some distance following their trusted Sat Nav which directed them through a closed gate and into a field before they got stuck.
There is no public road to Old Harry and the land is private with a track which often has animals in the field.
Thankfully the local farmer came to the rescue and recovered the van to the road along with some strong advice.
One vehicle was the Swanage vehicle and the second was the officers vehicle.
The arch was over the doors became protected due to its historic importance and remains today hidden by the extension added.
Coastguard 200
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.
