tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88579727098981652622024-03-19T11:11:56.511+00:00HM CoastguardHM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2583125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-83999725567317123982024-03-08T09:24:00.000+00:002024-03-08T09:24:03.620+00:00‘Times have changed’ - Inspiring a generation for both men and women<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16of5Ewsh4FuAKQS2jgRqQhh45p3Jq4CwdDXT4ZVj9c1zY_19GmDqgam5gTNRM-mJORZvhsPVMHPf2oAQpZFozQveroCpG4_dTIunvTELBIxjF9skib-NoIpbUQC06ST-spyLYKV6_M9ybUwG0cGCJbsP4agCo3-S7BQjtqHvj2VORRdH53lreGQ0UmBR/s4000/Lisa%20HWMW%20CPD%20Feb%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg16of5Ewsh4FuAKQS2jgRqQhh45p3Jq4CwdDXT4ZVj9c1zY_19GmDqgam5gTNRM-mJORZvhsPVMHPf2oAQpZFozQveroCpG4_dTIunvTELBIxjF9skib-NoIpbUQC06ST-spyLYKV6_M9ybUwG0cGCJbsP4agCo3-S7BQjtqHvj2VORRdH53lreGQ0UmBR/w603-h339/Lisa%20HWMW%20CPD%20Feb%2023.jpg" width="603" /></a></b></div><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">“We should be
using our roles to promote inclusivity and a workplace for all, that’s what
it’s all about.”</span></b></p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As part of
this year’s International Women’s Day, the Deputy to the <span style="background: white;">Secretary of State’s Representative for Maritime
Salvage and Intervention (SOSREP) has highlighted the importance of creating a diverse
and inclusive workplace for everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 2018 Lisa
McAuliffe became the first woman to be appointed a Deputy to the SOSREP. This
is a role which during<span style="background: white;"> maritime emergencies
empowers Lisa to make time critical decisions on behalf of the Secretary of
State for Transport during a shipping incident, or the Secretary of State for
Energy Security and Net Zero. This is a role she takes seriously but also
enjoys.</span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lisa says it is the combination of both men and women that brings “different
dimensions and perspective to a team”, adding “work should never be about
gender, but about recognising the individual”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In 1970 women were allowed to join HM Coastguard for the first time, and
now, from counter pollution to fishing safety, the Maritime and Coastguard
Agency celebrates the inclusion of women across the agency.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Traditionally
roles in HM coastguard were held by men as they were the ones who went to sea
and therefore had that maritime experience, but times have changed,” Lisa said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It has taken
time to evolve but now all genders have just as much experience and skills in
the maritime sector as men once did.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I was a young
woman coming into this job and age added a different challenge, but it was a
positive experience in lots of ways as I was able to add a new voice and bring
new skills to the role.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhI8ExuzDmveccaMTrDAr_gJoPfTumXUCA6DV0nSFrohQmLIkUrZpzC3TX_mK_983PsCKy5AZh2Yf_MgWMyuyt3OJy50P4KKqDp85vIgZ_KfF_KuPZVs4FLYav4WOx7m1H6F7ALTgoL6RpZG8h54aob2qf1YeFqO-NlMj9aO277_ihaUX5L_DQkz5qhg-k/s4000/Lisa%20and%20Stephan%20Falmouth%20Feb%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="4000" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhI8ExuzDmveccaMTrDAr_gJoPfTumXUCA6DV0nSFrohQmLIkUrZpzC3TX_mK_983PsCKy5AZh2Yf_MgWMyuyt3OJy50P4KKqDp85vIgZ_KfF_KuPZVs4FLYav4WOx7m1H6F7ALTgoL6RpZG8h54aob2qf1YeFqO-NlMj9aO277_ihaUX5L_DQkz5qhg-k/w374-h210/Lisa%20and%20Stephan%20Falmouth%20Feb%2023.jpg" width="374" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">One of Lisa’s personal SOSREP achievements
was last year; leading the response to an incident near Wolf Rock Lighthouse in
Falmouth, where a vessel lost power and ran aground. </span><p></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The response to the stricken vessel was led
by the Deputy to the SOSREP, with the co-operation and collaboration of key,
critical stakeholders; resulting in all remaining safe and no pollution. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Tough decisions had to be made, but this is
why this role was created,” Lisa said, “gender didn’t have an effect on this,
it was just about making the right call and having the support of the teams and
organisations around me, no matter what their gender.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Nodding to the theme of International Women’s Day - Inspire Inclusion -
Lisa noted the importance of an equal and accommodating workplace, in
particular when it comes to childcare. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“As time has
moved on the MCA has evolved its position on childcare and support. Being a
parent, and in my case a single parent, this shouldn’t impact your career”, she
said, “there are mothers and fathers who have to and want to work, as well as bringing
up children, and that isn’t easy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“A workplace
should be flexible to support staff with children or other caring
responsibilities, which in turn will improve inclusion and work productivity.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lisa said: “To
not be inclusive means missing out on so many experts, so many skilled and
wonderful people who can bring so much to your team. It shouldn’t matter what
you look like or what your gender is, you’re still a person with feelings that
will bring something special to your team.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Evolution and
change is absolutely necessary and the MCA is very good at this, but there is
always more work to be done. We should be using our roles to promote
inclusivity and a workplace for all, trying to inspire the next generation,
that’s what it’s all about.”</span></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-61287672134565870902024-02-26T12:02:00.002+00:002024-02-26T12:03:52.533+00:00Coastguard teams recognised with bravery and conduct award<p><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPiJV1MThBAsuiO5WXwPZqkFy97dMaF0D2GqIKl85Sis5IG5U4SivUxnA0G39WLCMc3S5ronnyctnngNuaLg15KyL4nXxnoTcFT7We6rgjjVfOKq-g5s_E59HQQrQtKsVXHeLToA5_i08iGztPx15bWt6Seu39kFcJbjJANu0bWD8ecNYuIgUZht61pRr/s2420/Bravery%20and%20Excellence%20Awards.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1816" data-original-width="2420" height="463" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYPiJV1MThBAsuiO5WXwPZqkFy97dMaF0D2GqIKl85Sis5IG5U4SivUxnA0G39WLCMc3S5ronnyctnngNuaLg15KyL4nXxnoTcFT7We6rgjjVfOKq-g5s_E59HQQrQtKsVXHeLToA5_i08iGztPx15bWt6Seu39kFcJbjJANu0bWD8ecNYuIgUZht61pRr/w618-h463/Bravery%20and%20Excellence%20Awards.jpeg" width="618" /></a></div><b><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Coastguard
Rescue Teams in the Western Isles have been celebrated by police for their
“brave, decisive and courageous actions” within the community.</span></b></p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
Chief Constable’s Bravery and Excellence Awards, run by Police Scotland, is a
chance for the force to recognise individuals and organisations that have gone the
extra mile in emergency situations. As part of this the Western Isles
Coastguard Rescue Teams have<b> </b>received a Bravery and Conduct Award, for
their ongoing mutual support to police. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The
citation from Police Scotland highlighted the “invaluable assistance, expertise
and knowledge” provided by HM Coastguard in challenging circumstances, adding
the Western Isles teams “work effectively with police to achieve the best
possible results”. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“The
brave, decisive and courageous actions of the Western Isles Coastguard Teams
ensure that the community they serve are kept safe on a daily basis.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In
a special awards ceremony held on 23 February, Coastal Operations Area
Commander Murdo Macaulay, Senior Coastal Operations Officers Ronald MacLean and
Kayleigh Smith and Rescue Coordination Centre Manager David Smith were the
recipients of the awards. <b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Area Commander Murdo</b>
said: “We don’t do what we do for recognition or praise, but this award is
testament to the teams’ hard work and their ongoing dedication to the service. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“It
also shows the important relationship we have and must keep with other
emergency services, always working together to achieve results. From providing search
and rescue resources to assisting with safety cover or transport, we will
always try our best to support our emergency services family. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“This
award is a massive boost for the Western Isles teams and they should be very proud
of themselves.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Police
Scotland Chief Constable Jo Farrell</b> said: “These awards shine a light on the
great value policing brings to communities: keeping people safe from harm,
protecting the vulnerable, bringing criminals to justice, solving problems and
reducing offending. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="line-height: 105%;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“I want to thank and congratulate all the
winners and nominees, including members of the public. Their inspiring work and
brave actions illustrate how policing stands up for and with our communities.”</span></span><div><span style="line-height: 105%;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="line-height: 105%;">Pictured (L - R) - Divisional Commander David Sharp, Senior Coastal Operations Officers Kayleigh Smith and Ron MacLean, Coastal Operations Area Commander Murdo Macaulay, </span>Rescue Coordination Centre Manager David Smith and Assistant Chief Coastguard Paddy O'Callaghan. </span></i></div><div><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 105%;"><br /></span></div>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-45949876024323468842024-02-17T07:48:00.008+00:002024-02-17T09:14:00.125+00:00Coastguard mud training is 'huge step forward' for multi-agency rescues<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRNd9_r0h12Y6vHRJoRiPgNbE3mIE4eHu39OA52LYQhdzQoguaVBjWvtQndGS0s0cHpvNWiG9VC1AE30o7nSVcYlSFX_rVfclo0JGrZ9umw3-Za-Qww1Gb_ZFP-Qc3wL6oYlgZzc3uE5tFM62PGtxg7NT5VORKINcdquJaImThfJA4lWQ2APKEWq4wfNN/s4032/Mud%20training%20exercise%20Eastney.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrRNd9_r0h12Y6vHRJoRiPgNbE3mIE4eHu39OA52LYQhdzQoguaVBjWvtQndGS0s0cHpvNWiG9VC1AE30o7nSVcYlSFX_rVfclo0JGrZ9umw3-Za-Qww1Gb_ZFP-Qc3wL6oYlgZzc3uE5tFM62PGtxg7NT5VORKINcdquJaImThfJA4lWQ2APKEWq4wfNN/w521-h391/Mud%20training%20exercise%20Eastney.jpg" width="521" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>HM Coastguard has joined forces with emergency services in
Hampshire to improve overall response to people stuck in the mud.</b></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;">After three days of training with HM Coastguard earlier this month, members
of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service can now travel up to 400
metres away from solid ground to assist with mud rescues.</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;">Firefighters are equipped to travel around 30 metres across areas
of softer land and mud, so this training has provided the skills and resources they
need to increase this distance.</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">The training in Portsmouth enabled the two agencies to work
together and experience call outs involving mud, further improving their
understanding of location, skills, and how to respond to those in need.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;">Around 20 people took part in the training, including
representatives from the local coastguard teams, police marine unit and animal
rescue.</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Coastal Operations Area Commander Tom Wright </span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif">said the
training was “a huge success”, and is excited for it to be rolled out to more
teams in the fire and rescue service.</span></span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;">He said: “The idea was to train members of the fire and rescue
service to mud technician level, so when these situations happen we can work
together quickly and effectively with an even more strengthened response.</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;">“We share the same mission of protecting and saving lives, so it
is important where we can to exchange skills to improve preparedness and multi-agency
working.</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><span style="font-family: arial;">“The training was a chance to throw both coastguard and fire and
rescue into the heart of a controlled mud rescue operation. Being six years in
the making, this project is a huge step forward for our collective response to
mud rescue incidents.”</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service Watch Manager
for Response, Glenn Kavanagh said:</span></b></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: arial;">“This
shared training and new equipment has enhanced our response to and
joint-working at mud rescue incidents.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“Our crews are now capable of beginning the rescue of casualties
stuck in mud more than 30m from solid ground, and support coastguard teams upon
arrival, enabling a quicker resolution to these incidents.</span></p><p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">“You can’t recreate the level of
realism these scenarios provide us with in the drill yard or classroom, so this
training opportunity was a great experience in a realistic setting, working
closely with our partners, and it ultimately helps us to keep people safe.”</span></p>
<p class="elementtoproof" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">If you’re in trouble at the coast
call 999 and ask for the coastguard. Read our mud safety tips on the </span><a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/coast"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">HM Coastguard website.</span></a></span></p><p class="elementtoproof" style="background: white;"><o:p></o:p></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-31098974282880013132024-01-17T17:10:00.003+00:002024-01-17T17:10:52.783+00:00First series of behind-the-scenes documentary COASTGUARD to air once more<span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Series One of the hit documentary series COASTGUARD will be repeated on Wednesdays at 10pm, starting tonight.<br /></b><br />The first series, which went behind-the-scenes at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), returns to our screens as filming for the second series continues at pace, with a planned broadcast later in the year. <br /><br />From tonight, Wednesday 17 January, at 10pm on Channel 5, viewers will get a second chance to see the wide breath of work covered by the MCA for the next six weeks.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVxmAzoxafEgNWX4BycXRIdKnVYdcUNFnuKjgAdVIW7Q7A8nLLLQw-ahKakJcsKhqgzWfc0WDx7vsMbtXh49vA-r8CAg-Vy0NSUGwUT2mhODKTOjvSvUSKT6KexY07OTRM4G2tMHZlJHI6DDn0-1VbQVQFLDhR6IvJzRO2O4aHoKCf6Jr4APAjI5O76sT/s10000/Coastguard%20Master%20with%20Logo%20website%20sized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Poster for series of six MCA workers in various uniform from Coastguard to surveyor to helicopter pilot" border="0" data-original-height="6641" data-original-width="10000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivVxmAzoxafEgNWX4BycXRIdKnVYdcUNFnuKjgAdVIW7Q7A8nLLLQw-ahKakJcsKhqgzWfc0WDx7vsMbtXh49vA-r8CAg-Vy0NSUGwUT2mhODKTOjvSvUSKT6KexY07OTRM4G2tMHZlJHI6DDn0-1VbQVQFLDhR6IvJzRO2O4aHoKCf6Jr4APAjI5O76sT/w640-h426/Coastguard%20Master%20with%20Logo%20website%20sized.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />Over 5 million viewers tuned in across the first showing of the series last summer, which showed exclusive access to the vital work of the agency. From surveyors who check the safety of vessels to heart-stopping rescues carried out by HM Coastguard, viewers will once more see that safety drives the work across the agency. <br /><br />To find out more about the first series, <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/coastguard-tv-series">take a look at our behind-the-scenes features from each episode</a>.<br /><br />Watch this space for news on when Series Two will air.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-43285140469231738022024-01-05T12:16:00.003+00:002024-01-05T12:16:45.216+00:00Look out for HM Coastguard in new Snowdonia rescue series<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #2b353b; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9K_rvRQw7EZ__5ga0y4q3sAPitA6Gi31uMAu5eu4EfJRCxZoEbWS9UqEivVpfYtG_dao5eEkvHjOHy9WzuWsU1BJHtBxS-OdRoamhR8kqMKXiuEsWZ0nYqjRvamGtaf9W8BHZZqb7B9w0syvN971RaNogcB_XDUbcM4Z8Y0Cor9qmYWNLIQWL06NGYvIQ/s640/SOS%20IMAGE.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="640" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9K_rvRQw7EZ__5ga0y4q3sAPitA6Gi31uMAu5eu4EfJRCxZoEbWS9UqEivVpfYtG_dao5eEkvHjOHy9WzuWsU1BJHtBxS-OdRoamhR8kqMKXiuEsWZ0nYqjRvamGtaf9W8BHZZqb7B9w0syvN971RaNogcB_XDUbcM4Z8Y0Cor9qmYWNLIQWL06NGYvIQ/w613-h345/SOS%20IMAGE.png" width="613" /></a></div><b style="color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px;"><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The action-packed world of HM Coastguard is returning to your screens next week, this time part of a dramatic documentary series on emergency services and rescues. </span></b></p></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">SOS Extreme Rescues</em><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> follows the work of emergency services and volunteer organisations responding to emergencies, taking place in the stunning, wild landscape of Eryri, more commonly known as Snowdonia.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As part of this new BBC2 series, viewers can follow the Coastguard and partner agencies across miles of Welsh mountains, forests and coastline, as teams respond to dangerous call outs and those in urgent need.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From rescuing an injured power-kiter on a Wales beach to an injured walker on Twll Du (Devil’s Kitchen), look out for HM Coastguard across the series, with teams from Abersoch, Barmouth and Criccieth, along with the helicopter crews from Caernarfon, featured.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;">North Wales Police and the RNLI are just some of the agencies the Coastguard works with on a regular basis, also highlighted in this new series. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Watch the first episode of </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">SOS Extreme Rescues</em><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> on BBC 2, Monday 8 January at 7pm. In Wales you can watch </span><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">SOS Extreme Rescues</em><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> on BBC One Wales at the same time. The entire series will be available on iPlayer after the broadcast of the first episode. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">This isn’t the first time the important work of HM Coastguard has been shown on TV. Last summer </span><a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/coastguard-tv-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(253, 194, 11) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Coastguard</span></em><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> – a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency -</span></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> was aired, and following its success </span><a href="https://www.hmcoastguard.uk/news/action-second-channel-5-series-maritime-and-coastguard-agency-documentary" style="box-shadow: rgb(253, 194, 11) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">a second series is coming out later this year.</span></a></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: var(--sp2); margin-block-start: var(--sp2); margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">READ MORE -</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #2b353b; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; list-style-image: none; margin-block: 0.25em; margin-inline-start: 1.5em; padding-inline-start: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.hmcoastguard.uk/news/action-second-channel-5-series-maritime-and-coastguard-agency-documentary" style="box-shadow: rgb(253, 194, 11) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Action! Second Channel 5 series of Maritime and Coastguard Agency documentary</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.hmcoastguard.uk/coastguard-tv-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(253, 194, 11) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Everything you need to know about the series Coastguard</span></a></li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; position: relative;"><a href="https://www.hmcoastguard.uk/news/shipping-forecast-and-safety-iconic-broadcast-turns-100" style="box-shadow: rgb(253, 194, 11) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Shipping Forecast and safety as the iconic broadcast turns 100</span></a></li></ul>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-87154357119367888002023-12-21T10:39:00.000+00:002023-12-21T10:39:22.602+00:00Hero awards for pair who saved mud-trapped girls from rising water <p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhcEPuTr6C6RpNQQnJG8Q_3r_YbO0xKuGofIiIPLVhhocjGd3FNyx6sfbnpMgC1K0gdGCSvQ5g_jzHtNt3Y6XZe7WQeCSKY0xjYJz8Fr4hJCTwoLC7E34oV1xxqmLe3gbv4Mctd2hImUGqBJmb6WYJZU0Dif15HE6Bx8CFOULWm8F_FUIpvxtFSimin9h/s2048/Tynemouth%20Medal%20Trust%20Award%20-%20Coastguards%20Scott%20Reed%20&%20Sean%20Robinson.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Blythe CRT with (front row, l-r) Coastal Operations Area Commander Martin Lowe; Scott Reed; Jon Wright and Peter Liley from Tynemouth Medal Trust; Sean Robinson and Ryan Douglas" border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="2048" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhcEPuTr6C6RpNQQnJG8Q_3r_YbO0xKuGofIiIPLVhhocjGd3FNyx6sfbnpMgC1K0gdGCSvQ5g_jzHtNt3Y6XZe7WQeCSKY0xjYJz8Fr4hJCTwoLC7E34oV1xxqmLe3gbv4Mctd2hImUGqBJmb6WYJZU0Dif15HE6Bx8CFOULWm8F_FUIpvxtFSimin9h/w640-h346/Tynemouth%20Medal%20Trust%20Award%20-%20Coastguards%20Scott%20Reed%20&%20Sean%20Robinson.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption">Blythe CRT with (front row, l-r) Coastal Operations Area Commander Martin Lowe; Scott Reed; Jon Wright and Peter Liley from Tynemouth Medal Trust; Sean Robinson and Ryan Douglas</td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"> </td></tr></tbody></table>A pair of Coastguards who rescued three children trapped in mud with water up to their necks have received awards inspired by the bravery of a Coastguard colleague more than 130 years earlier. </p><p>The lifesaving actions of Scott Reed and Sean Robinson, Coastguard Rescue Officers from Blyth, were recognised with Bronze certificates from the Tynemouth Medal Trust as well as Chief Coastguard commendations. </p><p>The incident on Saturday 10 June 2023 started at about 7pm when HM Coastguard received a 999 call from a mother stating that her daughter and two other young girls were stuck in the mud at the River Blyth with the tide coming in. </p><p>Blyth and Newbiggin Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRTs) were sent along with Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service, Blyth RNLI’s inshore lifeboat, and the North East Ambulance Service. </p><p>When Blyth CRT arrived on the scene a rescue plan was quickly produced involving Scott going into the water as a rescue swimmer to pick up one of the girls and bring her back to shore. </p><p>Sean went in next, at the end of a tethered line, and in two visits to the water brought out the last two girls safe and sound. </p><p>At a special ceremony, Scott and Sean were presented with Bronze certificates from the <a href="https://tvlb.org/tynemouth-medal-trust/" target="_blank">Tynemouth Medal Trust</a>. It distributes accolades for heroic deeds either within the Tyne or nearby sea, or by Tynesiders away from their home area. </p><p>The trust was established in 1895, inspired by the bravery of Tynemouth Coastguard Edwin Hoar who, on 13 October 1891, risked his life to successfully bring ashore the last sailor trapped on a ship driven onto nearby rocks. </p><p>Ryan Douglas, Senior Coastal Operations Officer who leads Blyth CRT, said: “The actions of Scott and Sean undoubtedly saved three children’s lives, continuing the fine traditions of HM Coastguard. </p><p>“Their professionalism, dedication to training and commitment to lifesaving meant that they were able to execute three effective water rescues.” </p><p>Ryan added: “The mum deserves credit too. She did the right thing by staying on shore, calling 999 and asking for the Coastguard. Mud can be much more treacherous than it looks – tide, cold and pressure can combine to be deadly, so our advice is to steer clear.” </p><p>Scott and Sean’s efforts were also rewarded by HM Coastguard with a Chief Coastguard commendation which is given for bravery or exceptionally meritorious service. </p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-83477171300933538392023-12-21T10:12:00.000+00:002023-12-21T10:12:25.862+00:00HM Coastguard competes in triathlon world championship<p><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqgT7qJgCqUWBFP420rwCsgVojfWZKtUAdGohmhKm123zIt1Uf2eiMjsz8z5uY0gpQCIqsklTsDOdrlk8Cv3wKLCPxhzaIYTFTX2USdwIq78GDgcow9crL5xk62iY7_uqwjKUh7OXzBC2xNmTO9txqupSddsoVc_HIi6CUe4zg2i3sBhO7E5yamzD7ee2/s1200/Untitled%20design%20(3).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBqgT7qJgCqUWBFP420rwCsgVojfWZKtUAdGohmhKm123zIt1Uf2eiMjsz8z5uY0gpQCIqsklTsDOdrlk8Cv3wKLCPxhzaIYTFTX2USdwIq78GDgcow9crL5xk62iY7_uqwjKUh7OXzBC2xNmTO9txqupSddsoVc_HIi6CUe4zg2i3sBhO7E5yamzD7ee2/w615-h410/Untitled%20design%20(3).png" width="615" /></a></div><b style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><p><b>Two members of HM Coastguard have returned from Hawaii with
triathlon world championship medals.</b></p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">In October Senior Coastal Operations Officer Bex Owen and
Coastguard Rescue Officer Alex Tennant were whisked off to Kona to take part in
the annual Ironman World Championship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">This year the championship was divided by gender, making
this the first ever female-only event of its kind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">This invite-only triathlon is one of the world’s
toughest, made up of <span style="background: white;">a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile
cycle and a marathon (26.2 miles). This put both Coastguard’s
training and love of exercise to the test.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">“Everyone wants to qualify and get here, getting the
invite was like a pipe dream,” Bex said, <i>pictured below</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GmCFnkiMQYz5YvOGHRiV-Vg55q35lkpwqhqXsmyYEgPq-1JX6hyphenhyphenk5HL-qI3LoD82prJVpGDk36WxgRTZh7sZSu9PujdbWaB3wv_Bk5JOb7wFN8S5srFB6KGF5IoZGGNNgUKOH-SFDPOtBcsD6JKmMVCB2t7QWhPS51TyoUa_V9WsCXotkm5Zas5WO210/s2048/Bex%20Owen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="2048" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2GmCFnkiMQYz5YvOGHRiV-Vg55q35lkpwqhqXsmyYEgPq-1JX6hyphenhyphenk5HL-qI3LoD82prJVpGDk36WxgRTZh7sZSu9PujdbWaB3wv_Bk5JOb7wFN8S5srFB6KGF5IoZGGNNgUKOH-SFDPOtBcsD6JKmMVCB2t7QWhPS51TyoUa_V9WsCXotkm5Zas5WO210/w626-h416/Bex%20Owen.jpg" width="626" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><p class="MsoNormal">Both based in the south of Wales, the two Coastguards
regularly take part in sporting events and challenges. From half marathons to
bike rides, their passion for adventure and fitness has taken them all across the
globe.</p></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Ironman however is one accomplishment Bex and Alex will
never forget. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bex said: “I wasn’t sure whether to take part or not at
first, but I knew this was a lifetime opportunity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">“It wasn’t just about taking part in Ironman; it was
experiencing the culture, history, and meeting people from all over and hearing
their stories. There were even people in their 70s competing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">“The splitting up of men and women did get a bit of
backlash, but the standard was so high and the majority completed the whole
thing, so that felt incredible.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Alex, <i>pictured below</i>, added: “What made it feel really special was the
atmosphere and support, it really was a celebration for everyone that made this
such an empowering experience.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwwsXXexdRiKgCfFCDOGJoyPAopyQ3v5MxFfawEzKM9oNORtNtmApsqX0v6W3H-ZDPyLgQSTjY7eEkn-ujZRRrtuRH2dxQFylCjOUO0ONwcH28hJhVwP55wyMJkLClzq9DW0cblHoIDIrrKEbss4CDr2UqvERNX5JfC5sDiGmOI1HCIeipFACf0je9Bkg/s1097/Alex%20Tennant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1027" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwwsXXexdRiKgCfFCDOGJoyPAopyQ3v5MxFfawEzKM9oNORtNtmApsqX0v6W3H-ZDPyLgQSTjY7eEkn-ujZRRrtuRH2dxQFylCjOUO0ONwcH28hJhVwP55wyMJkLClzq9DW0cblHoIDIrrKEbss4CDr2UqvERNX5JfC5sDiGmOI1HCIeipFACf0je9Bkg/s320/Alex%20Tennant.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Bex and Alex beat their personal bests, Bex completing
the swim, cycle and marathon in 13 hours and 47 minutes, and Alex in 14 hours
and 37 minutes.</span></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Alex said: “I knew taking part in the swim would be a
real challenge for me, and in the lead up <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I wasn’t sure how I’d complete a marathon in the heat. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I really wanted to challenge
myself and it paid off, it was one of the best things I’ve ever done.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bex added: “I tend to be very hard on myself, but it was
a tough course with open water swimming and a hilly marathon in hard
conditions. We did the best we could and we both smashed it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bex was only invited to take
part in August, meaning she only had around two months to prepare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-themecolor: text1;">With training six days a week,
some days with two sessions, she said:</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"> “I do things like this because I enjoy them,
exercise is my relaxation, but this required more training and discipline. I
had a coach for the first time for more structured training.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Alex added: “The training is my down time and I love it,
so that becomes part of the journey too. There’s never just the destination.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwlG0a6u_wZttxDjuTbDdHsUYco_tF9_qdzAJGhjhIlpGPtBSyj7fvKRGNEuXhFqj715WLmBKPkPNYIZNJJpYNip1ij9rgeE4wQ1c9FbzqnBP3uwhyxnxdr3qTF0b-2_Rk7rPVr3N8Yw5pN6FQauD07-ZIDP1AJY_H5RHCP3pdF8H_zpC-iymrboNZDDR/s640/Ironman%20medal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwlG0a6u_wZttxDjuTbDdHsUYco_tF9_qdzAJGhjhIlpGPtBSyj7fvKRGNEuXhFqj715WLmBKPkPNYIZNJJpYNip1ij9rgeE4wQ1c9FbzqnBP3uwhyxnxdr3qTF0b-2_Rk7rPVr3N8Yw5pN6FQauD07-ZIDP1AJY_H5RHCP3pdF8H_zpC-iymrboNZDDR/s320/Ironman%20medal.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Organisation, discipline and swimming are just some of
the skills Bex and Alex took from their time with the Coastguard into the
championship. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I love being a part of the Coastguard, it has taught me
so much and so many different skills,” Alex said.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">“People spotted we were from the Coastguard and thanked
us for our service which was really nice too,” Bex added. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Taking part in Ironman has encouraged and inspired
members of Bex’s and Alex’s teams to also take part in similar events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Giving advice to those considering a new challenge, Alex
said: “Less than two years ago I couldn’t even swim, you just need to believe
in yourself and don’t let anyone else affect you or your goals.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Bex added: “I’d recommend training in Wales, with all our
hills and weather you become prepared for anything.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">“I love what it says on the Ironman medal about ‘moving
forwards’, it’s a good mantra to live by. Just go for it.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-82177305398665626252023-12-05T08:00:00.006+00:002023-12-07T08:57:25.431+00:00International Volunteer Day: Longest-serving Coastguards with more than 150 years’ combined service<p><b>What do Scotsman Neil, Welshman Anthony and Northern Irishman Kenneth have in common? They are among His Majesty’s Coastguard’s longest serving volunteers in the UK.</b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The three Coastguard Rescue Officers have spent more than 150 years combined keeping people safe at the coast across the UK.</p><p class="MsoNormal">They embody the spirit of the service, as does every single one of our volunteers, who offer their services for the safety and care of others.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uVbGdunKYFF8GNWl_nLJc6Hwf7UUNmsKGyV0TcRMuI4Y3xUYHdpjG0NH_-HPA2F7oWDHUio4zlKHt3Sr8-Ki9IE1xGSjtgmtCO-3u_dKpiUbwx80Qy2EM1NkYePJpS1Gk-Y-aamkBK6RrhUp5kxYac2m-jGVMzQm0ubdFVD2_IdwbwBVph6Tk5vAtLy9/s1936/Holy%20Island%20CRT%20and%20Martin%20Lowe.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1936" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3uVbGdunKYFF8GNWl_nLJc6Hwf7UUNmsKGyV0TcRMuI4Y3xUYHdpjG0NH_-HPA2F7oWDHUio4zlKHt3Sr8-Ki9IE1xGSjtgmtCO-3u_dKpiUbwx80Qy2EM1NkYePJpS1Gk-Y-aamkBK6RrhUp5kxYac2m-jGVMzQm0ubdFVD2_IdwbwBVph6Tk5vAtLy9/w640-h420/Holy%20Island%20CRT%20and%20Martin%20Lowe.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(Photo: stock image)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal">This
International Volunteer Day, we want to thank them – however long they have
served – as we recognise the power of collective action in water safety.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Director of HM
Coastguard Claire Hughes and Chief Coastguard Pete Mizen have led the praise
and recognition of teams, whose ‘sacrifice and commitment is never taken for
granted’.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Claire said: “Every
single volunteer is indispensable to HM Coastguard and whether you are with us
for one year or 50 years, we deeply value your selfless contribution to
bringing people home in their worst moments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">“Our long
serving coastguards are key to passing on experience and expertise as well as
helping to create the family dynamic that so many of our teams cherish. In
fact, it is often the perfect combination of young enthusiasm and old
experience that work in tandem to safe lives.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Pete added: “I
started my career with HM Coastguard as a volunteer back in 1991 so I fully
appreciate and respect the commitment and sacrifice that our volunteers
give.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Service is extremely proud of
them all and we will never take their dedication for granted.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Neil, a
volunteer with the Port Charlotte Coastguard Rescue Team on the Isle of Islay, signed
up in 1965 and now holds the crown as the longest-serving coastguard following
the retirement of Keith Dare-Williams at the end of 2022.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Joining on 20
November 1965, he has watched as the service has developed into the modern,
high-tech Coastguard of today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Meanwhile
Anthony (Tony) has spent 55 years in Coastguard coveralls overlooking Swansea
Bay as a volunteer at Mumbles Coastguard Rescue Team in Wales. He has long been
the Deputy Station Officer, providing support to the team since 1968.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Northern
Ireland’s longest serving coastguard Kenneth has an impressive 46 years of
maritime search and rescue experience under his belt, as a Coastguard Rescue
Officer in Portmuck. It says a lot about the incredible commitment in the
service that his four and a half decades of volunteering does not put him in
the top 10 list of current longest-serving coastguards.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">From the
longest-serving to the newest-serving – every month sees new starters across
the UK – we have a team of dedicated, caring and committed individuals working
together to keep people safe at our coasts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">If you’re
interested in finding out more about volunteering with HM Coastguard, visit: </span><a href="https://www.hmcoastguard.uk/volunteer-as-a-coastguard"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">https://www.hmcoastguard.uk/volunteer-as-a-coastguard</span></a><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-1382531510405168562023-11-22T17:00:00.000+00:002023-11-22T17:03:24.664+00:00Sailor rescued from damaged vessel 600 miles out at sea<p><b><span class="TextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-GB"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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D</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">espite this, they changed course and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">proceeded</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW163748096 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW163748096 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="TextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><b>Network Commander Tom Barnett </b></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW163748096 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><b>said:</b> “These kinds of rescue missions are so much more successful when vessels are kitted out correctly. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjYn1mwjcQKgJ39Cy0oyM6jxq-bMUn8wJ-354-rm-mqxVslyHXaotwc_g2T-DTJH3lwIUfeOjrBb_QvxNIRlUzgnwbjm-oTZ4IlwJ7pDYVEuSAQ_zayX092aMgvVSZBvicIBP9aY5ONzLECBy7VkLuQB9_pJGycJpkxsly6TUPXvYJL8RG1bebLV1-haz/s1600/5A145FC6-817E-4B4F-B914-4711D2B4ACD8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCjYn1mwjcQKgJ39Cy0oyM6jxq-bMUn8wJ-354-rm-mqxVslyHXaotwc_g2T-DTJH3lwIUfeOjrBb_QvxNIRlUzgnwbjm-oTZ4IlwJ7pDYVEuSAQ_zayX092aMgvVSZBvicIBP9aY5ONzLECBy7VkLuQB9_pJGycJpkxsly6TUPXvYJL8RG1bebLV1-haz/w640-h480/5A145FC6-817E-4B4F-B914-4711D2B4ACD8.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>For the past five years, HM Coastguard callouts to incidents involving people threatening self-harm have been on the rise and are among the top reasons for incident response each year.</div><div><br /></div><div>Joel said: “Everyone in this room has taken a call from someone struggling with their mental health, as an emergency service, it is a part of the job.</div><div><br /></div><div>“It is why awareness days like International Men’s Day are so important; so that we can highlight the problem and work towards improving it. Prevention is absolutely key. No one likes incidents involving such desperate calls for help, and if it is getting worse, then that suggests more people are struggling than ever before. This doesn’t just affect one gender of course.</div><div><br /></div><div>“Christmas and New Year can be a really tough time, it’s been a hard year for a lot of people and worried I worry about how many we might see struggling over the holiday period.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Joel emphasised that there are resources in place for people in the throws of a mental health crisis, including charities focused on suicide prevention, and that a day like International Men’s Day can help to break stigmas around revealing your struggles.</div><div><br /></div><div>“Ultimately, it is about us being there to help to show the caller that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” he added. “I think that, sometimes, we really are their last call for help. When it comes, you just instinctively know when it is serious.</div><div><br /></div><div>“They can be very hard calls to handle, as you can spend 30 or more minutes talking to someone in an emotionally-fraught situation. It is a feeling like no other when a Coastguard Rescue Officer takes the phone and says ‘we’ve got them’ and you know you got them help in time.</div><div><br /></div><div>“We are here, we are always here to help, and our team in Holyhead is very experienced (as all of our MRCCs are). But prevention is key. In the perfect world, no one would call us because they haven’t got to the point where they need to – and part of that work is talking about it, raising awareness and also recognising that such sad circumstances can impact on you as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>“We talk to each other a lot, we have a strong team spirit and work in an atmosphere where help is there when a call stays with you.”</div><div><br /></div><div>HM Coastguard uses <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/new-toolkit-support-mental-wellbeing-hm-coastguard-teams">a toolkit and a programme, DIST and TRiM,</a> to support staff post-incident while there are a number of suicide prevention charities available for those to call.</div></div><div><br /></div>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-77187306617550651372023-11-11T10:00:00.012+00:002023-11-11T10:00:00.140+00:00HM Coastguard to take part in Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaBTcWlTFsDvQm5HTNvxuzOEPqUqCCIs5-tbm5j-WRXW5EL6c7eMysCG1YWNzFAjO9N9IeNXwkQhRS2ff_uTxDy5ZuZEUqtCdYtw2n2mygLvtQfJk5DV8RNKjffH9lLWi3XcBQWn9fhRpFJEswAK_xK2QM_EbvKZYyNq3uFaUTU39c-OucYm9X000hywi/s4032/IMG_1572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSaBTcWlTFsDvQm5HTNvxuzOEPqUqCCIs5-tbm5j-WRXW5EL6c7eMysCG1YWNzFAjO9N9IeNXwkQhRS2ff_uTxDy5ZuZEUqtCdYtw2n2mygLvtQfJk5DV8RNKjffH9lLWi3XcBQWn9fhRpFJEswAK_xK2QM_EbvKZYyNq3uFaUTU39c-OucYm9X000hywi/w640-h480/IMG_1572.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">HM Coastguard representatives at the Field of Remembrance opening ceremony</td></tr></tbody></table></p><br /><p><br /></p><p><b>HM Coastguard will be taking part in the Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph, with a contingent of 10 chosen to march. </b></p><p>The group selected have never taken part in the contingent before as, each year, a new group are awarded the honour of representing the search and rescue service. </p><p>They have been selected from every area of the coastguard, including maritime, coastal, air and non-operational. </p><p>Alongside those marching at the Cenotaph, there will also be 15 members of the coastguard at the Westminster Abbey service on Sunday. </p><p>This weekend’s involvement in events follows four Coastguards paying tribute in the opening ceremony of the Field of Remembrance at Westminster event on Thursday. The memorial garden was opened this year by Queen Camilla, who took time to inspect the coastguard plot and meet Senior Coastal Operations Officer Ryan Douglas. </p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRSA3ugPdDdDUq9wOj25r-0GLiFRqlNYxkg-AhH7it5pa-bjciVu4DpYSXLtLmqoXvof_S6tExRUznknCDM1cdr16WOvH3F4TjLt7DQQEUTAYsxyTTcevwUOeLC-Ur8astf6AyXSFSWyy77U3aBcCqQiAnh0DeBX1fwSCN7Lw5Yj9jWyg7r6BhNSYHtqv/s4032/IMG_1597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcRSA3ugPdDdDUq9wOj25r-0GLiFRqlNYxkg-AhH7it5pa-bjciVu4DpYSXLtLmqoXvof_S6tExRUznknCDM1cdr16WOvH3F4TjLt7DQQEUTAYsxyTTcevwUOeLC-Ur8astf6AyXSFSWyy77U3aBcCqQiAnh0DeBX1fwSCN7Lw5Yj9jWyg7r6BhNSYHtqv/w480-h640/IMG_1597.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #313637; font-family: Lora, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Queen Camilla opened the Fields of Remembrance Service, with Senior Coastal Operations Officer Ryan Douglas greeting her at the HM Coastguard plot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>Hear from a few of those taking part in this year’s ceremony about what it means: </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Cameron McAuley </b></p><p>Coastguard Rescue Officer and Officer in Charge. </p><p>“Remembrance Sunday, for me, is a chance to celebrate service and self-sacrifice. As we observe the two minutes silence we are remembering those who, through their service to not only their country but their husbands, wives, children and community in times of conflict, didn’t make it home. Service is the cornerstone of the volunteers who make up the Coastguard Rescue Service and it is a privilege to serve my community each time we get called out (even at 3 in the morning in the middle of winter!). </p><p>“Representing His Majesty’s Coastguard at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday is the honour of a lifetime and I hope to do my family, my community, and the Service proud.” </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Carol Campbell</b></p><p>Team Leader at a Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. </p><p>“I am honoured to be selected to represent HM Coastguard on Remembrance Sunday 2023, following a 27-year career with HM Coastguard. </p><p>“We are an organisation with strong roots in the military. My home, the Isle of Lewis, is an island which has seen many servicemen and women, make the ultimate sacrifice, both during wartime and also notably, during the Iolaire Disaster, a maritime tragedy which devastated the island. </p><p>“It will be a privilege to attend and remember those who have gone before us.” </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Redvers Stringer</b></p><p>Maritime Operations Officer (training).</p><p>“I feel extremely proud to represent HM coastguard, especially given the ties it has with the military in the past. </p><p>“As a retired member of the armed forces serving in the Royal Air Force, remembrance is a chance for me to reflect on my own personal experiences, but also to acknowledge those who have died or received injuries during the course of their duties. Not just military personnel, but also civilian agencies that have supported the military over the years.” </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Kelly Burnett</b></p><p>UK Deputy Single Point of contact for the International Maritime Organization’s Instrument Implementation Code (UK DSPC IIIC). </p><p>“2023 marked 20 years of service as a British Army soldier. It is where I honed the skills necessary for my current role and grew into the person I am today. </p><p>“Remembrance Sunday is a poignant reminder of the suffering and sacrifice that took place to grant and protect the freedoms and values that matter to me. To pay tribute, where it all began in 1919, is the highest honour and privilege for an army reservist, civil servant, former Commonwealth citizen and woman.” </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Nathan Cannon</b></p><p>Maritime Operations Officer. </p><p>“My job involves initiating and co-ordinating search and rescue within the UK Search and rescue region. This includes answering 999 calls, managing distress radio traffic, tasking lifeboats and helicopters, liaising with other emergency services around the UK and the world as well as many more daily duties. </p><p>“I feel very honoured to be chosen to represent HM Coastguard at this event and feel privileged that I get to stand alongside other emergency and military services to take time to remember those who gave their lives for us.” </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Rebecca Owen</b></p><p>Senior Coastal Operations Officer.</p><p>“I am humbled to represent HM Coastguard at this year’s parade. It is a date that I mark each year, by taking part in my local remembrance parade. </p><p>“My grandfather, Arthur Jack Skelton Holman, served in the British Army during the Second World War. </p><p>“He was captured by the Japanese and was held as a POW until the war ended, he was forced to work constructing the Burma Railway. I feel it important to honour his memory.” </p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-60154594596820258922023-11-01T09:35:00.001+00:002023-11-01T09:35:08.246+00:00Maritime and Coastguard Agency partners with Multiverse in skills drive<p><b>The Maritime and Coastguard
Agency (MCA) has partnered with a tech start-up to deliver data skills training
to at least seven per cent of the workforce in the next three years.</b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Multiverse is working alongside
the MCA to launch data apprenticeships in a drive to boost the skills of teams
and make better use of data.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">So far, 42 apprentices have
been enrolled on data apprenticeships within the maritime industry, with plans
to expand the programme in the future.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7zgQHcpp0iI7KsDq3P3rvUjqmCsCbINAGhtEqjJaQ3zPUw1Sckogt2n6MQ5PawBZsYVtOpfLe0w6sjZ8_BEPbAfDIyuMHCxTAbvRvemINvdOHyIxj61lwHPfEuKfZyXIjxWDaEcg_XwUK_nuFoOWQ1TVnpFStYg2YSPV09MqwJULoV_dslUMvb8wOu6C/s1500/01_Cardiff%20Office%20group%20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ7zgQHcpp0iI7KsDq3P3rvUjqmCsCbINAGhtEqjJaQ3zPUw1Sckogt2n6MQ5PawBZsYVtOpfLe0w6sjZ8_BEPbAfDIyuMHCxTAbvRvemINvdOHyIxj61lwHPfEuKfZyXIjxWDaEcg_XwUK_nuFoOWQ1TVnpFStYg2YSPV09MqwJULoV_dslUMvb8wOu6C/w640-h426/01_Cardiff%20Office%20group%20.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Various teams across the MCA, and across the UK, will be able to access data training</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">A drive to upskill staff is supported
by MCA employees. Research by the UK Government* found that almost a quarter of
employees use data skills in their work, yet a shortage of these skills among
staff is estimated to cost UK businesses as much as £2bn a year. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Charis Doidge, Head of Data
Science and Analytics at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: “We’re
committed to building data capability within the MCA and are excited to be
offering a range of apprenticeships to our people. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">“There is a growing
understanding in government of just how much data analysis can add to an
organisation – in all aspects of the business. Apprenticeships are enabling us
to offer our colleagues new skills and knowledge, build our in-house
capabilities, drive efficiency and, ultimately, make use of data going forward.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">Peppa Wise, VP of GTM at Multiverse, said: “The Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s vital work can be enhanced by the smart application of data – and that requires the skills to interpret and handle it.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk143255920;">“Applied
learning is simply the best way to develop the competencies in the use of
data. These skills will not only create value for the Agency, but they’ll also
progress individuals’ careers as they develop some of the most in-demand
skills.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk143255920;">Multiverse
apprentices at the MCA </span>will be given one-to-one coaching with an
industry expert and will be supported by events, socials, mentoring and
leadership programmes designed to exceed the best of the university experience.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;">*Estimates from a
DCMS-commissioned module of the February 2020 ONS ‘Opinions and Lifestyle’
survey found that nearly half (48%) of the working population use ‘basic’ data
skills at work, while just under a quarter (24%) use more advanced skills, such
as data analysis and making graphs, in their current job.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><br /><p></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-10363840326074435902023-10-31T10:44:00.006+00:002023-11-21T15:08:57.611+00:00Online form quicker and easier for volunteer coastguard enrolment <p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH3NKay3cTZRkV042ivcsb6JsU3H-nN6gKVMxjyaM_OnZo1XqXwfFcXPN3GJAvfr6AgwcR1v5RbNBwdrNEml7T1Mk43aLquoFcB2-4Ess2WKolZCiwSJat1uk4v4NMfajo6D4OuMThkOZYFoMAOQbR9tIabKtz4l5P3RCWniJbqkpn_OH_oubdmyfL8y8/s960/Rope%20rescue%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="A Coastguard rope rescue team at the top of a cliff" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihH3NKay3cTZRkV042ivcsb6JsU3H-nN6gKVMxjyaM_OnZo1XqXwfFcXPN3GJAvfr6AgwcR1v5RbNBwdrNEml7T1Mk43aLquoFcB2-4Ess2WKolZCiwSJat1uk4v4NMfajo6D4OuMThkOZYFoMAOQbR9tIabKtz4l5P3RCWniJbqkpn_OH_oubdmyfL8y8/w638-h425/Rope%20rescue%202.jpg" width="638" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div>
<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span data-contrast="auto">Applying to enrol as a volunteer with HM Coastguard is becoming quicker and easier.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></b></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">After successful trials throughout the UK, a new online volunteer enrolment form has been launched nationally by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">With a tap or click of a mouse, applicants can access the form online to complete at home or on the go and submit on any internet-enabled device, including smartphones.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">It is the first MCA project to benefit from the government's new digital form-builder, GOV.UK Forms, launched this year by the Government Digital Service, part of the Cabinet Office.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">Coastguard Rescue Officers (CROs) undertake lifesaving search and rescue activities all around the UK coastline in diverse environments including mud, cliffs and water. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">As members of Coastguard Rescue Teams, they work closely with the other emergency services and volunteer organisations. As a volunteer role, attendance as a CRO is quite flexible. Full training and kit are provided.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">Virginia McVea, Chief Executive of the MCA, said: </span><span data-contrast="auto">"Coastguard Rescue Officers are the lifeblood of our service, ready 24/7 to go to the aid of people around the UK.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">“Working with the Government Digital Service, we’ve put enrolment online to make it easier for people to apply for such a rewarding role and to maintain the strength of our response.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">"Becoming a CRO means joining a close-knit team who enjoy camaraderie, personal development and the satisfaction of making a lifesaving difference.”</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">The digital enrolment form rolls out nationally on 1st November.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">To apply to become a volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officer, visit </span><a href="http://www.gov.uk/volunteer-as-a-coastguard" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none">gov.uk/volunteer-as-a-coastguard</span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span data-contrast="auto">To find out more about HM Coastguard, visit </span><a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none">hmcoastguard.uk</span></a><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}"> </span></span></p></div></div>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-85377317174327012642023-10-30T16:37:00.003+00:002023-10-30T16:37:54.040+00:00Coastguard highlights 'tenacity and resilience' of residents evacuated in Storm Babet floods<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #313637;">"The tenacity and resilience of people, when disaster strikes, can be really incredible. They were the ones faced with a horrendous situation, and yet they were thanking us for coming."</span><span face="Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #313637; font-size: 16px;"> </span></span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #313637; font-size: 16px;">More than 100 HM Coastguard Rescue Officers were </span><a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/coastguards-across-uk-supporting-flood-response-storm-babet" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; font-size: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">deployed across the UK as part of the National Flood Response Framework during the Storm Babet response last weekend</a><span face="Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #313637; font-size: 16px;">, with coastguard flood rescue teams seen across news channels in some of the worst affected areas.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">If you tuned into any mainstream news channel during coverage, you would have seen some of our teams in action, as they rescued people from homes caught in floods.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">Graham, a coastguard rescue officer from Southport in Merseyside, was among those deployed to Brechin and Invergowrie in Northeast Scotland last week, as he helped warn and evacuate residents caught out by the rising waters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="514" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/l_ED3jQHqcA" width="618" youtube-src-id="l_ED3jQHqcA"></iframe></div><br /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">Sent as part of the coastguard flood team in Area 15 (officers from Wirral, Southport, Fleetwood, Knott End, Arnside, Furness, Millom, Whitehaven and Maryport Rescue Teams), Graham travelled to Scotland to join coastguard flood teams from all across the UK.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">He said that it was an experience that will stay with him forever, as the resilience and bravery of the residents he helped left him with a lasting impression. It was the first time his team had been deployed to a live flood incident, having completed the training earlier in the year.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">“I am so pleased I stepped forward when they asked for volunteers,” he said. “I am so glad that I was able to help people. We went to do what we are trained to do but seeing it firsthand, people losing everything to the water, was tough.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">“The tenacity and resilience of people, when disaster strikes, can be really incredible though. They were the ones faced with a horrendous situation, and yet they were thanking us for coming.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ2UdSgMOfIK7wH1LtGyO3OVDaXPlmJ8dchk5CQfAbGd1WuvqOSjAf0kd7-Nyseai24vbWbWbB6jc-ZRhxzqMIcgBTM5_cm0T02aopVcV3yju2pvHHnqpbYbis_18K7oZD7UPbJxBzVHXXctaGN-qjAdeZQPra2Epx0f8ah-i3iJd2dRsYWFhCibhVk2A/s4032/2023-10-19%2022.39.14-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQZ2UdSgMOfIK7wH1LtGyO3OVDaXPlmJ8dchk5CQfAbGd1WuvqOSjAf0kd7-Nyseai24vbWbWbB6jc-ZRhxzqMIcgBTM5_cm0T02aopVcV3yju2pvHHnqpbYbis_18K7oZD7UPbJxBzVHXXctaGN-qjAdeZQPra2Epx0f8ah-i3iJd2dRsYWFhCibhVk2A/w480-h640/2023-10-19%2022.39.14-1.jpg" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #313637; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Teams prepare to respond alongside emergency service partners in Scottish Fire and Rescue Service</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">He said that his team were sent to Brechin ahead of the flood and helped in the evacuation, before being dispatched to Invergowrie, near Dundee, the following day to rescue people who had become trapped in their flooded homes.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">“We were going door to door in Invergowrie,” he said. “Which was a strange experience for a coastguard, as there was slightly less urgency than we’re used to, no less danger of course, but it was different. It was something you had to witness firsthand but the bravery and care for each other – and us – was humbling. We all commented on it and we were all humbled by their attitude in the face of the carnage and destruction around them.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">The Area 15 flood team were in Scotland for four days, helping emergency service partners with the response, before heading back on Sunday.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r6DxNJ2yl6Ci-zele6kirkIJxkXMuAqn_2aFRPcXptOd5w3Zkh1GM0Sa5t_riGKNXiCHxNuGu8KOSqM9Yr6iGR77d_fxnHv5CT4WICeoPUYlXUloK9rCyv6c8m6_LND_FJ6kyyqjhjL1vg-jkcSxVekf7aw1n5XEE0BQM49t8bwYFxIHawsv-ZjXTPf2/s2048/Blurred.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r6DxNJ2yl6Ci-zele6kirkIJxkXMuAqn_2aFRPcXptOd5w3Zkh1GM0Sa5t_riGKNXiCHxNuGu8KOSqM9Yr6iGR77d_fxnHv5CT4WICeoPUYlXUloK9rCyv6c8m6_LND_FJ6kyyqjhjL1vg-jkcSxVekf7aw1n5XEE0BQM49t8bwYFxIHawsv-ZjXTPf2/w480-h640/Blurred.png" width="480" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #313637; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Two coastguard rescue officers help a person caught out by Storm Babet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">“There was definite trepidation before we went,” Graham said. “Some tension in the air about what lay ahead.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">“We were seeing the extreme weather warnings and news, although we were well prepared and well trained for it all, we were all a bit on edge throughout. When we arrived and saw the speed and power of the water in the river at Brechin though, we knew that we would have work to do, and potentially lives to save.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;">“It was such a team effort - including the wider emergency services team - we're really grateful to our emergency service partners (especially Scottish Fire and Rescue) for allowing us to take over rooms, kitchens, giving us hot drinks and making us feel like part of the team.”</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: arial;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-19899690405091880402023-10-30T16:31:00.005+00:002023-10-30T16:31:32.268+00:00Meet Your Coastguard Stornoway: International Control Room Week special series<p><span style="color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Part Five of a series of Meet Your Coastguard specials from our operations rooms for International Control Room Week, as we round off the week by meeting a member of the Stornoway team.</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We have introduced you to Senior Maritime Operations Officer (SMOO) Dave at Humber, SMOO Norman at Belfast, Maritime Operations Officer Gregg in Milford and Team Leader Jolene at Humber to give you a bit of insight into what makes our operations room staff tick. We are rounding off our week of introductions with Graham at Stornoway.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">We hope you never have to meet them but, if the worst happens at the coast and you have to call 999 and ask for the Coastguard, it is experienced people like Dave, Norman, Gregg, Jolene and Graham who will be on the other end of the phone, ready to guide you to safety.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">National network</h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">HM Coastguard operates on a UK-wide basis and, as the only national emergency service, is responsible for a Search and Rescue Region of approximately one million square nautical miles.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">There are three MRCCs in England (Humber, Falmouth and Dover), as well as the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and the London Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre, three MRCCs in Scotland, with one each based in Shetland and Stornoway as well as Aberdeen, one in Northern Ireland and two in Wales, Milford Haven and Holyhead.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Stornoway Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) – A Team Leader</span></h3><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewW3OPjcBA9ylmf1oQXAONXOEIyBvDIPax0bRji0zn_mv6RCqA6TvcLmbgR59fgm75JfZIzIsAXSp1uYVilJ5xzCa16BccJ6f-oHUjMJLeF8mrKC2V9cybkCaK5T8ykKKKJJK1HIZSgokdQn-u_OUZXxJY244rKuQN69DIH7fSxHJZ5mw05ZTHodaarem/s4000/20211102_091608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewW3OPjcBA9ylmf1oQXAONXOEIyBvDIPax0bRji0zn_mv6RCqA6TvcLmbgR59fgm75JfZIzIsAXSp1uYVilJ5xzCa16BccJ6f-oHUjMJLeF8mrKC2V9cybkCaK5T8ykKKKJJK1HIZSgokdQn-u_OUZXxJY244rKuQN69DIH7fSxHJZ5mw05ZTHodaarem/w640-h480/20211102_091608.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #313637; font-family: Lora, georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; font-size: 14px;"><i></i></span></span></td><td class="tr-caption">Stornoway is known for its beautiful but remote landscape</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Name: </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Graham</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Job title:</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Team Leader (maritime operations)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Role:</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> Joined in June 2015</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Why (and when) did you join HM Coastguard?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I joined in June 2015, just before Stornoway MRCC became part of the national network. Main reason for joining was the job security that being part of the civil service brings; there are limited options for entry level jobs on the island that give that.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">If you’re interested and on the islands, I would definitely suggest having a look into the <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/careers/maritime-operations" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">MOO role.</a></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What do you enjoy most about being a member of the team?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The camaraderie that working with the same people so closely and for extended periods of time gives is second to none. We share the highs and lows and are quite often the main support network we have following challenging incidents.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What new skills have you learned in your role?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where to start! Having very, very limited nautical knowledge or skills when I started, the learning curve felt (and still does at times) like a vertical line. The recent upskilling course for line management, that I just took, was very good and useful as well.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most challenging part of your role?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Balancing the operational and leadership aspects of the Team Leader role. Operations, namely Search & Rescue, must take priority at all times and so, when it is busy, trying to fit that in with the admin side of management and other governance tasks can be a challenge. I am sure most busy managers can relate across industries.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most unusual incident you have responded to?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Most definitely a once in a lifetime incident – the grounding of the Transocean Winner (a drilling rig) on the west coast of the Isle Of Lewis in 2016. It’s not everyday you phone the on-call duty officers to tell them a rig has hit the coast! Thankfully, no injuries and very minor pollution and some very epic photos but it is an incident I will remember forever.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Are you a lover of the sea? Why?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I love watching the rough weather, live near a causeway that gets closed on occasion due to the waves and debris – the power is incredible. Being on the sea, not so much; any swell makes my stomach churn.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Do you also volunteer? If so, where and why?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I volunteer coach a youth shinty team where I can fit around shift pattern. Used to play and miss those days so coaching the youngsters is the best way of staying involved.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Shinty (for the non-Scottish readers) = a team sport played with sticks and balls. Similar to Irish Hurling or Welsh Bando.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></div>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-1347714396794100942023-10-30T16:28:00.000+00:002023-10-30T16:28:45.530+00:00Meet Your Coastguard Humber (again): International Control Room Week special series<p><span style="color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>Part Four of a series of Meet Your Coastguard specials from our operations rooms for International Control Room Week, as we return to Humber MRCC to introduce you to Team Leader Jolene.</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">HM Coastguard operations room staff are always on the end of a maritime distress call, ready to respond to whatever the emergency, with the two words that bring such relief to those in trouble at the coast: “Coastguard Rescue”.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Whether they are responding to 999 calls from the public or answering Mayday calls on Channel 16, the highly-trained staff are always prepared to coordinate a rescue.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Humber Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) – A Team Leader</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">We introduced you to Senior Maritime Operations Officer <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/meet-your-coastguard-humber-international-control-room-week-special-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">Dave at Humber</a> </span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">on Monday, <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/meet-your-coastguard-belfast-international-control-room-week-special-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">Norman at Belfast</a> o</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">n Tuesday and <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/meet-your-coastguard-milford-haven-international-control-room-week-special-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">Gregg in Milford</a> yesterday; we are back in Humber today to tell you more about experienced Team Leader Jolene.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8N5Ij2YqIwcAQ6HE_ETfLCFgXrTe6n7r_6w1D6Qd_ZzufNwRGeDUtAOlNEgM2fcx1-HNAzoGXHh0d_Cz2iKU9hnYlrXbCu-GQhu-5gLOERfpA5_WTj6IycPmCQZ4fv1aO5iUXd032v7POrE7DQnzrL3oyBtGUB4VM6ItdZZXYALav5Y1hhg50G5bt4ShM/s6517/Comms%20Room%20-%20Humber%20MRCC%20Operations%20Room,%20taken%20in%202022.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4345" data-original-width="6517" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8N5Ij2YqIwcAQ6HE_ETfLCFgXrTe6n7r_6w1D6Qd_ZzufNwRGeDUtAOlNEgM2fcx1-HNAzoGXHh0d_Cz2iKU9hnYlrXbCu-GQhu-5gLOERfpA5_WTj6IycPmCQZ4fv1aO5iUXd032v7POrE7DQnzrL3oyBtGUB4VM6ItdZZXYALav5Y1hhg50G5bt4ShM/w640-h426/Comms%20Room%20-%20Humber%20MRCC%20Operations%20Room,%20taken%20in%202022.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #313637; font-family: Lora, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Jolene at work at Humber MRCC last year. </span><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #313637; font-family: Lora, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Credit: Lee Brown Leebrown-photography.com</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Name: </span>Jolene</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Job title: </span>Team Leader and SMC</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Role:</span> June 2013 as a Watch Officer</span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Why (and when) did you join HM Coastguard? </span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I started at Humber in June 2013 as a Watch Officer. After working at sea, I wanted a job shoreside where I could use my existing maritime skills and learn more. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">What do you enjoy most about being a member of the team? </span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Whether it’s within the ops room environment or the wider SAR team, each and every incident we strive to do our very best and often when someone is at their worst.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Whether it’s for someone 100 miles offshore during a medical incident, reuniting parents with kids or rescuing people down cliffs, to go home and know we’ve made that difference is what the job’s about. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">What new skills have you learned in your role? </span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The personal skills ranging from experience of dealing with first informants and casualties – which takes a lot of communication skills – to managing people within a team, have been huge for me. But also having to adapt yourself and your delivery to suit the individuals. I feel there’s never quite an end to that learning, you’re never ‘I’m done, I’ve achieved that’, it’s more you’re constantly developing in that area. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">But I’ve also learned a lot of technical skills over the years, I have acquired search planning and map work plus maintained existing skills in areas such as GMDSS, navigation and knowledge on counter pollution and maritime safety. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">It’s not a new skill, but to engage in and see the development of my own team in these areas has been a real treasure. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">What is the most unusual incident you have responded to? </span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">A crocodile in a pond.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">That one stands out to me, even if I seem to get my fair share of unusual. It was some time ago now, but the phone rang and it was a member of the public – they had dialled 999 and asked for the Coastguard, as they were genuinely concerned.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I did initially think ‘someone’s pulling my leg here’ but it was quickly obvious that it was a genuine call.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most challenging part of your role?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">During difficult jobs, you can end up with a sense of ‘what can we do now’ when you are close to exhausting all options and so it’s a huge benefit to be able to share thoughts, experience and explore ideas within your team and the SAR assets on the job. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Are you a lover of the sea? Why? </span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Absolutely – from a navigating perspective, there is something awe-striking about being on the sea along with the forces and elements that come with it. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Although I’m no longer at sea regularly, I still love the sight of the coast and it’s an ever-changing picture come day, night and season. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-51499084085267633162023-10-30T16:11:00.000+00:002023-10-30T16:11:01.466+00:00Meet Your Coastguard Milford Haven: International Control Room Week special series<p><b style="color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Part Three of a series of Meet Your Coastguard specials from our operations rooms for International Control Room Week, as we head to South Wales and our Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">HM Coastguard operations room staff are always on the end of a maritime distress call, ready to respond to whatever the emergency, with the two words that bring such relief to those in trouble at the coast: “Coastguard Rescue”.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Whether they are responding to 999 calls from the public or answering Mayday calls on Channel 16, the highly-trained staff are always prepared to coordinate a rescue.</span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">National network</h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">HM Coastguard operates on a UK-wide basis and, as the only national emergency service, is responsible for a Search and Rescue Region of approximately one million square nautical miles.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">There are three MRCCs in England (Humber, Falmouth and Dover), as well as the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and the London Maritime Rescue Sub-Centre, three MRCCs in Scotland, with one each based in Shetland and Stornoway as well as Aberdeen, one in Northern Ireland and two in Wales, Milford Haven and Holyhead.</span></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre</h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Milford Haven MRCC is one of the two specialist rescue coordination centres based in Wales.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">We have so far introduced you to <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/meet-your-coastguard-humber-international-control-room-week-special-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">Dave at Humber</a> and <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/meet-your-coastguard-belfast-international-control-room-week-special-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">Norman at Belfast</a> and, today, it is time to travel to Wales to meet Gregg in Milford.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK7amVVbc6cx7uWzBmxtRb6hmYyHKkIsozdJL2VhPkGKrQjVEQ0IZH0YDPo6aBPGc7erNuxY66b7ugBSFc5UV3ADqMEWQUjd8ByinVlsDin9Z673vJAx_SF-ewajfp1xfgFeB827isHINPod-uXtjnBmVuO4OXGye7NuMsHqdMe9TkxUvmxaXvW9ulsPn/s1067/Gregg%20Hayes%20at%20RIAT%20(white%20shirt).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1067" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdK7amVVbc6cx7uWzBmxtRb6hmYyHKkIsozdJL2VhPkGKrQjVEQ0IZH0YDPo6aBPGc7erNuxY66b7ugBSFc5UV3ADqMEWQUjd8ByinVlsDin9Z673vJAx_SF-ewajfp1xfgFeB827isHINPod-uXtjnBmVuO4OXGye7NuMsHqdMe9TkxUvmxaXvW9ulsPn/w640-h570/Gregg%20Hayes%20at%20RIAT%20(white%20shirt).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f7f9fa; color: #313637; font-family: Lora, georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">Gregg (middle, white shirt) was part of the HM Coastguard contingent to take part in the Royal International Air Tattoo at Fairford this year, taking the opportunity to meet and greet the public and talk about search and rescue work.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Name: </span>Gregg</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Job title: </span><a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/careers/maritime-operations" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">MOO </a>(Maritime Operations Officer).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Role: </span>March 2021. Involved with HM Coastguard since 2014</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Who makes up your team?</span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">There is a Team Leader, a SMOO (Senior MOO), 3 MOOs and 1 MOO in training on our team currently.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gregg is both a MOO (Maritime Operations Officer) and a CRO (Coastguard Rescue Officer) and so he spends a lot of time in HM Coastguard uniform.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Why (and when) did you join HM Coastguard?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I joined HM Coastguard in March 2021 following 20 years in the oil and gas industry, which included 10 years abroad. I had finally had enough of travelling and wanted something closer to home which would give me more job satisfaction.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Do you also volunteer? If so, where and why?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I have volunteered for my local Coastguard Rescue Team, St Govans, since 2014. I started volunteering as I was working a 28/28 (day) rotation at the time and had time to spare, plus a background in industrial rope access which I figured would be good transferrable skills.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">There can be a lot of satisfaction assisting people when they’re having a bad day, and it certainly helps seeing the role from both sides of the radio.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most unusual incident you have responded to?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I think the most unusual for me was when a man repairing a caravan called to say the owner had just phoned him to say she was drifting out to sea on a paddleboard. He gave us her number and we called her, she then confirmed she was drifting out to sea and had called the first person in her phone to raise the alarm. Obviously, we would advise calling 999 if in trouble but, ultimately, raise the alarm by any means possible!</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Are you a lover of the sea? Why?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">It’s difficult to live in a coastal area and not be a lover of the sea. The only negative to living in Pembrokeshire is that whenever you go on holiday, all the other beaches look average at best!</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What do you enjoy most about being a member of the team?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I particularly enjoy the variety and camaraderie of the role. You never know what each day will bring and have to be on your toes and ready to react to any eventuality.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What new skills have you learned in your role?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">As part of the training to become operational we have to cover such topics as communications, navigation, nautical knowledge and search planning amongst other things.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most challenging part of your role?</span></span></span></span></span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">One of the most challenging aspects is the rhythm of the shift. One minute you can be sat in a calm room with only routine tasks going on and the next minute it can be all hands to the pumps coordinating various SAR (Search and Rescue) assets, obtaining vital information from a first informant or assisting the SMC with search plans.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br /></p></span></div>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-44256223957948808072023-10-25T17:26:00.004+01:002023-10-25T17:26:37.905+01:00Meet Your Coastguard Belfast: International Control Room Week special series<p><span style="color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>Part Two of a series of Meet Your Coastguard specials from our operations rooms for International Control Room Week, to tell you more about those who answer if you ever have to call '999 Coastguard'.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">HM Coastguard operations room staff are always on the end of a maritime distress call, ready to respond to whatever the emergency, with the two words that bring such relief to those in trouble at the coast: “Coastguard Rescue”.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Whether they are responding to 999 calls from the public or answering Mayday calls on Channel 16, the highly-trained staff are always prepared to coordinate a rescue.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">National network</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">HM Coastguard operates on a UK-wide basis and, as the only national emergency service, is responsible for a Search and Rescue Region of approximately one million square nautical miles.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">There are 11 Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCC) across the UK and managed by a Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, the JRCC. The service operates on a national network framework which means that all MRCCs are linked and communicate to ensure no call for help ever goes unanswered, if one MRCC is busy, then another MRCC can and will step in to help.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC)</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Belfast MRCC is one of 11 specialist rescue coordination centres positioned around the UK to respond to maritime incidents in that geographical area.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">We introduced you to <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/news/meet-your-coastguard-international-control-room-week-special-series" style="box-shadow: rgb(36, 148, 219) 0px -2px 0px 0px inset; box-sizing: inherit; color: #0d77b5; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none; transition: box-shadow 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.55, 0.085, 0, 0.99) 0s;">Dave at Humber</a> earlier this week</span></span><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> and, today, we would like to introduce you to Norman in Belfast.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSGYVUzv7N6Nd6mwwttdn7wpoI0xxCvvDEiaUW3619qvkFzoKzQ914ieniwNHpyFzvvvkd2juOjdTr928KIjPRPaX-F0AwEabXbVbkTQBwmLOXJ7Q5nX8DcfmL12EdXM1XruplVP5lPjalhNb9V2AO6bph52IZ8T3n0LZsT7WrCSPXjeEeHwl22XzG9b5/s2016/Norman%20Bridges.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQSGYVUzv7N6Nd6mwwttdn7wpoI0xxCvvDEiaUW3619qvkFzoKzQ914ieniwNHpyFzvvvkd2juOjdTr928KIjPRPaX-F0AwEabXbVbkTQBwmLOXJ7Q5nX8DcfmL12EdXM1XruplVP5lPjalhNb9V2AO6bph52IZ8T3n0LZsT7WrCSPXjeEeHwl22XzG9b5/w300-h400/Norman%20Bridges.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Name:</span> Norman</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Job title:</span> SMOO with SMC</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Role: </span>First joined RNLI as a volunteer in 1991, in SAR (Search and Rescue) family since</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Why (and when) did you join HM Coastguard?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I joined the HM coastguard as a volunteer on 1st Jan 2004 after 13 years volunteering in the RNLI as a crewmember on Kilkeel RNLI. My aim was always to apply for a role in the MRCC in Belfast and so when the opportunity came up, I went for it – it is my dream job.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I've always had a very keen interest in search and rescue at sea and I haven't looked back since</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> being a part of the team. I feel very proud to put on my uniform every day.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What do you enjoy most about being a member of the team?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I enjoy the camaraderie of working in a team – we work hard to bring people home and that really bonds you as a team and as friends, I have made a lot of friends at work. But I also enjoy helping new entrants as they open the page on the Coastguard chapter of their lives. In my case, we’re on to at least chapter 15 now. </span></span></span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What new skills have you learned in your role?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I have learned numerous new skills, the likes of call handling and talking to people in very difficult times in their lives as well as talking to professional people in a professional role. </span></span></span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most challenging part of your role?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I like a challenge, but I think it’s quite clear what the hardest part is, when we aren’t able to bring someone home. It is the same for us all, you don’t do this job unless you really care and the most challenging part is dealing with the tragic reality of some incidents. This is when being a part of a team is so important, to help each other through this.</span></span></span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most unusual incident you have responded to?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">A paddleboarder taking part in a search, for himself, it happened years ago now.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">A member of the public phoned in one evening to say he had lost sight of a paddleboarder coming ashore in Northern Ireland and so we launched a search. I think we had a coastguard team out, two lifeboats and numerous members of the public out searching along the coast. After a while, we put a request out on Facebook for more info on the paddleboarder and we then received a call from a man saying the description, time and location given matched his own foray into the sea – but that he had been involved in the search for himself for the past hour!</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="box-sizing: inherit;" xml:lang="EN-US"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> No one had done anything wrong, it was just one of those things – it was funny, and still a positive outcome, as no one was in danger.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Are you a lover of the sea? Why?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I was born into a maritime family. My first job was in the fishing industry on a family-run fishing boat based out of Kilkeel, Co Down. I finished school at 1530hrs and was at sea before 6 o’clock.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">There is not a day goes by I am not involved in something to do with the sea. I have had my own boats and currently I am refurbishing a fishing boat with my son.</span></span></span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"> </span></p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Do you also volunteer? If so, where and why?</span></span></span> </span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I am still a volunteer in my local Coastguard team, which I have been for more than 20 years now.</span></span></span> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I volunteer as a community first responder giving critical care to patients prior to the arrival of an ambulance. I am also a fundraiser for my local branch of the RNLI too.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">It’s important to give back, and to help those when they most need it.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></span></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-79290220970129845632023-10-24T12:00:00.000+01:002023-10-25T17:24:48.266+01:00Meet Your Coastguard Humber: International Control Room Week special series<p><b><span style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Part one of a series of Meet Your Coastguard </span><span style="color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">specials from our operations rooms for International Control Room Week, to show you more about who answers if you have to call '999 Coastguard' and what motivates them to be on the end of that phone.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;">HM Coastguard operations room staff are always on the end of a maritime distress call, ready to respond to whatever the emergency, with the two words that bring such relief to those in trouble at sea: “Coastguard Rescue”.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Whether they are responding to 999 calls from the public or answering Mayday calls on Channel 16, the highly-trained staff jump into action to coordinate a rescue.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">This International Control Room Week, we will introduce you to a few of those who work tirelessly behind the scenes to save lives.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">They don’t do it for the praise, but they deserve plenty.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;">-----------------</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 23px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 28px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Humber Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC)</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Humber MRCC is one of 11 specialist rescue coordination centres positioned around the UK to respond to maritime incidents in that geographical area.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">We introduce you to Dave, a Senior Maritime Operations Officer with more than 20 years’ experience with the Coastguard.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLhXS8LYgHGiv4uf1hnp9QSTu_lMaxEaPjinToLkFUIuKUqWgLnhBoyc7CEPgt0svxGLe67dHT-5vlBkk7CpjMogqTYjwVWFNguMYN3xLjcNO5Gib1yo51MsBAUD9zRDYAL9-Y6Wg1XOhyw4nA_mnWUozDSN3Z-wXcxUU4LKBqe0LteCoumPJOsDp6O6P/s640/Dave%20Hardy%20Humber%20MRCC.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjLhXS8LYgHGiv4uf1hnp9QSTu_lMaxEaPjinToLkFUIuKUqWgLnhBoyc7CEPgt0svxGLe67dHT-5vlBkk7CpjMogqTYjwVWFNguMYN3xLjcNO5Gib1yo51MsBAUD9zRDYAL9-Y6Wg1XOhyw4nA_mnWUozDSN3Z-wXcxUU4LKBqe0LteCoumPJOsDp6O6P/w300-h400/Dave%20Hardy%20Humber%20MRCC.png" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Name: <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Dave</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Job title: <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Senior Maritime Operations Officer (SMOO)</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Role: <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Nearly 20 years in Operations Room and 10 years as a coastguard rescue officer</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Why (and when) did you join HM Coastguard?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I joined as an Auxiliary Coastguard (now part of the Coastguard Rescue Service, a voluntary role) in 1996.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The place where I worked closed down and I was made redundant in 2003, so I lost my job before Christmas, and I needed something. I started as a Coastguard watch assistant in February 2004. I remember applying with a view to finding something else later on but, obviously, that never happened.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Do you also volunteer?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I was a member of the Bridlington Coastguard Rescue Team for about 10 years (since 1996) and my dad was an auxiliary coastguard too. As a child, I joined him on watch at the lookout or went on patrol with him. I also helped out with cliff rescue exercises and the breaches buoy. So, when I was asked if I wanted to join the team, it felt the natural thing to do. On the first training exercise, I was given a harness and sent down the cliff within the first few minutes. Life was different back then. It would be very different now.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What do you enjoy most about being a member of the team?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Being able to switch from having a laugh or chat about something trivial to working on an intense incident, knowing that you can rely on the rest of the team.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What new skills have you learned in your role?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Where do I start? Nautical knowledge, chart work and navigation, meteorology, search planning, and all the civil service stuff as well. I’m not a confident person, so speaking to people on the phone or radio has improved my communication skills.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most challenging part of your role?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Apart from passing the exams required to do the role, maritime searches to me are always the most challenging and stressful part of the job.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">What is the most unusual incident you have responded to?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">When I was a CRO (Coastguard Rescue Officer, volunteer), a colleague and I were tasked by the MRCC to a deer that had caught its antlers in a rope swing in someone’s garden – and the owners were away.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">It was trying to free itself, and all I can remember is it swinging through the air held only by its antlers, as it struggled. We were concerned that it was getting stressed and risked injuring itself. We managed to keep it calm while a vet was able to check it over prior to releasing it.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"> </p><h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #002664; font-family: "Optima Bold", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Are you a lover of the sea? Why?</span></h5><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I would not say I am a lover of the sea per se, but there is something about it. I don’t know what it is.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-family: Aeonik, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">I have always lived near the coast. As a teen, I was often on or in the water trying to windsurf (I could only do it with the wind behind me), body boarding and later on learnt to dive. I rarely do this anymore, though I find it almost comforting to see it again if I have been away from the coast for a while.</span></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-32092107716813874912023-10-20T18:00:00.000+01:002023-10-23T11:00:22.157+01:00Coastguards from across the UK supporting flood response to Storm Babet<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> As Storm Babet continues to batter parts of the UK, coastguards have been among those at the heart of the multi-agency response.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">HM Coastguard and its volunteer coastguard rescue teams, including specialist flood rescue technicians, have been responding to help those caught up in the storm and its aftermath.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As one of the four emergency services, HM Coastguard can support with inland flooding as well as coastal emergencies.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Pev5nbdCv_nchl4m835KzfV2BpiV61ls4HzqGvzmRHpacKNLvTPtcmBZ4SXe7_zYbrpHSr9MaQyHsWC0HBpc5KcLlo3N8QUX_0L-9f3GEIPMMBlAC2nW_eoLg8yyCI-plya3YHhPO0CwIx2xXAApdkrsXQfxbxN6_ZLw2oxEh1cmGDZr_Z2uZmWY8PF4/s2448/MicrosoftTeams-image%20cropped.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1939" data-original-width="2448" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Pev5nbdCv_nchl4m835KzfV2BpiV61ls4HzqGvzmRHpacKNLvTPtcmBZ4SXe7_zYbrpHSr9MaQyHsWC0HBpc5KcLlo3N8QUX_0L-9f3GEIPMMBlAC2nW_eoLg8yyCI-plya3YHhPO0CwIx2xXAApdkrsXQfxbxN6_ZLw2oxEh1cmGDZr_Z2uZmWY8PF4/w400-h316/MicrosoftTeams-image%20cropped.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">All coastguard rescue officers are trained and equipped in water rescue, which includes first response to flooding. A number of teams are already responding to incidents, with many more on standby across the country to respond either on the coast or inland as required.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Alongside this capability there are specialist coastguards who have expertise in flood response. These coastguards are tasked separately from their local team to provide both regional and national response to flooding emergencies, as they are currently doing now.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Coastguards who have this specialist training are being brought in from across the whole of the UK to support their fellow flood rescue colleagues in Scotland. There are others on standby ready to be called in wherever they are needed to assist as storms continue across Scotland and England.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Currently over 100 of these specialist volunteers are either on standby, on their way to flood-hit areas or already there and working with other emergency services to the worst hit areas. They are coming from as far afield as the south and east coast as well as the north-west of England with support from others in Wales and Northern Ireland.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Coastguard rescue teams have already been working with local authorities, Scotland Fire and Rescue and Police Scotland to evacuate people from their homes. They have been supported by coastguards working in operations rooms and also HM Coastguard helicopter crews.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Director of HM Coastguard Claire Hughes said: “Our thoughts are very much with the families and friends of those who have been lost. It is a reminder of just how powerful these storms can be and the effect it can have on communities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">“HM Coastguard stands ready to respond in all situations. Our coastguards have done just that by showing once again their commitment to go where they are most needed to put into action the training, they have accomplished that will assist those in distress wherever they are.”</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">HM Coastguard has developed an adaptive capability to respond to severe weather incidents to protect the public and support a wider emergency response. This involves local response supported by teams and resources from across the UK.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Specialists are drawn from across the whole coastguard rescue service meaning that coastal response is unaffected.</span></p><p><br /></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-46751975917837719962023-10-11T15:54:00.001+01:002023-10-11T15:54:05.657+01:00Major counter-pollution exercise at Aberdeen to be ‘ready for the worst’ as biggest rehearsal of the year takes place<p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">A major training exercise designed to test the response in the event of a serious oil spill is being held in Aberdeen.</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The list of potential threats to the UK coastline includes inadvertent oil and chemical discharges as well as plastic and natural products and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) regularly trains across the UK against any of those happening.</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The counter-pollution scenario led by the MCA – which is the biggest exercise of 2023 – is under way this week just off Aberdeen. </span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljupXyBeRkfLFd8_tMFrPc_h4kU0K6woh_l6xtqwJATBnkJAA-NGvJxR4OJ8bg6St2KRY_amQB2RMo_lTypqIsdA_FG5-utkM6LAzK-OgmoX8qTvEHKdjt7yshzkgHaR0qirueuV3SmDKxyGS32jmFpwgWK0L70mkDgQUl8PnZFAiu8KD4Idoj_g7dOZa/s1024/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(26).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljupXyBeRkfLFd8_tMFrPc_h4kU0K6woh_l6xtqwJATBnkJAA-NGvJxR4OJ8bg6St2KRY_amQB2RMo_lTypqIsdA_FG5-utkM6LAzK-OgmoX8qTvEHKdjt7yshzkgHaR0qirueuV3SmDKxyGS32jmFpwgWK0L70mkDgQUl8PnZFAiu8KD4Idoj_g7dOZa/w400-h300/MicrosoftTeams-image%20(26).png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The exercise is taking place in good weather in Aberdeen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">MCA Chief Executive Virginia McVea will be on the water assessing the operation in person. She said: “As well as honing our capability and spotting any gaps, the exercise is a clear demonstration of how well prepared we are as a country to protect our offshore habitats, coastline, economy and communities from pollution at sea.”</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The MCA’s Head of Counter-Pollution and Salvage, Stan Woznicki, said: “Major training exercises such as these are key components of a wider training programme as they familiarise the teams with the considerable size and complexity of the response equipment, as well as the number and diversity of the personnel needed to deliver an effective response. </span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">“Where delivery of response must be delivered quickly, this experience is crucial.”</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Also attending are representatives from Port of Aberdeen, the Marine Directorate of the Scottish Government, and other oil spill response organisations from across the UK.</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The MCA’s Counter-Pollution and Salvage team's remit is UK-wide and can range from large-scale emergencies requiring the mobilisation of extensive national resources to tailored response support to smaller incidents where the national specialist capability is required.</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">The UK’s protection is provided from three equipment bases situated in Barnsley, Dundee and Bristol, which ensures responses to a forward deployment point on the UK mainland within 15 hours.</span> </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The MCA exercise is being held just off the Port of Aberdeen and will run from 10-12 October involving hundreds of metres of equipment, a small flotilla of vessels and about 50 people from various organisations.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The event is weather-dependent but planned rehearsals include a theoretical spill of 750 tonnes of oil close to the coast. Among the kit being deployed are booms to limit the spread of pollutant, equipment known as skimmers to collect it, and a huge storage bag to hold it ready for disposal. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #313637; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The activity also includes a flyover of two planes practicing surveillance and mock dispersant sprays. No real oil or real dispersant spray will be used in this exercise.</span></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-20461053494335416122023-10-11T15:30:00.006+01:002023-10-11T15:30:58.812+01:00HM Coastguard helicopter crew wins award for Storm Claudio rescue <p>The crew of an HM Coastguard search and rescue helicopter has won an accolade from the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society for a brave operation that saved eight sailors during Storm Claudio in October last year. </p><p>The four-strong team based in Newquay were presented with the Edward & Maisie Lewis Award at the annual ceremony held in Fishmongers Hall, London, to recognise skill and gallantry at sea. </p><p>The crew of the helicopter – operated and supplied under contract by Bristow Helicopters Ltd – comprised Captain Debdash Bhattacharya, Co-Pilot Mark Coupland, Winch Operator Jason Bibby and the Winch Paramedic Carlton Real. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZQAx_M56PUmej3H5xFxMJtWKEBTWVq82DOZSWxvPG0-33A3PlqVxjUL1bkhyphenhyphenf_bzv1ia-RsntXcZxRy213PoVNJHgTjTlPAToX8WYSi4ETgrgvJDtXNx4o1sre1D9cP-8FhgN74mnK7GZB3idPTaWXv9cljlwYaDKCzSlHg1oXxg43jLbkSRtLwenv69/s650/Newquay%20Coastguard%20SAR%20helicopter%20crew%201.jpg.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="650" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZQAx_M56PUmej3H5xFxMJtWKEBTWVq82DOZSWxvPG0-33A3PlqVxjUL1bkhyphenhyphenf_bzv1ia-RsntXcZxRy213PoVNJHgTjTlPAToX8WYSi4ETgrgvJDtXNx4o1sre1D9cP-8FhgN74mnK7GZB3idPTaWXv9cljlwYaDKCzSlHg1oXxg43jLbkSRtLwenv69/w400-h305/Newquay%20Coastguard%20SAR%20helicopter%20crew%201.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Newquay crew of (from left) Winch Paramedic Carlton, Winch Operator Jason, Co-pilot Mark and Captain Debs</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p><p>Between them they rescued eight people from French yacht Gannet which was taking on water after being caught in fierce winds. </p><p>The initial alert, just after 9pm on the night of Monday 31 October last year, was to conduct an urgent medical transfer. </p><p>But as they flew to the scene the challenge became more complicated with the yacht crew considering abandoning ship, insufficient lifejackets on board, and two of them described as being in a “poor” condition. </p><p>Over the next hour, the HM Coastguard crew battled lashing rain, mountainous waves and extremely poor visibility to winch up six of the eight sailors to safety. </p><p>Lifting off the last two brought fresh difficulties as it would leave the helm unattended, losing control of the yacht and ability to keep it steady for the helicopter hovering above. </p><p>The solution was a manoeuvre known as a triple-man lift – which brought up the remaining pair in one go and completed a rescue mission full of bravery and professionalism. </p><p>The yacht was towed to Newlyn by the RNLI’s all-weather lifeboat from Penlee which supported the operation. </p><p>Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s Chief Executive Officer Virgina McVea said: “This rescue exemplifies the lifesaving professionalism that HM Coastguard teams all around the UK exhibit every day on air, land and sea. </p><p>“It was a hugely difficult and dangerous mission that brought eight people to safety in the face of frightening storm conditions. </p><p>“The bravery and skill displayed by the helicopter crew fully deserves this honour from the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society and we’re very grateful for their recognition.” </p><p>The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society offers support to those across the UK who are suffering hardship during or after fulfilling their life at sea. </p><p>Captain Justin Osmond RN, Chief Executive of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, added: “The rescue of the crew demonstrated the highest standards of judgement, professionalism and co-operation, combined with outstanding initiative and courage. </p><p>“The diverse challenges posed by this rescue, including the very real danger to the winchman and casualties caused by the unpredictable motion of the yacht’s mast and rigging, required an exceptional level of skill and judgement from all four members of the crew. </p><p>“In responding to these challenges, they are fully deserving of the Edward and Maisie Lewis Award for 2023.” </p><p><br /></p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-23358971372149843652023-10-10T15:19:00.001+01:002023-10-11T15:24:00.594+01:00New toolkit to support mental wellbeing of HM Coastguard teams<p><b>A new toolkit designed to help teams cope with distressing search and rescue incidents is being launched in the week of World Mental Health Day on 10 October. </b></p><p>The Distressing Incident Support Toolkit (DIST) is designed as a self-help, peer and line manager resource to help build resilience, assist when responding to emergencies, and for post-incident support. </p><p>It will complement the already running Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) programme and other support systems, as HM Coastguard boosts tools to help deal with potentially distressing incidents.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aohBaTSgF8f7UifSLyvOorIUabaIdqk1h1vF6czhuWKy8a6ECzP-keryZhZBLFhsDAxGH11zTk0tdDUP3o6i_2hQpLJgJ-4WVUSvTU90vR4VlXpz_nulB1xyJkn8ZMsyxSG3G5O4U51l7lC1SjgepASShS5xb1BqIEirXhcMPAQESSPKlh2fcXe9qciZ/s960/Water%20Rescue%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2aohBaTSgF8f7UifSLyvOorIUabaIdqk1h1vF6czhuWKy8a6ECzP-keryZhZBLFhsDAxGH11zTk0tdDUP3o6i_2hQpLJgJ-4WVUSvTU90vR4VlXpz_nulB1xyJkn8ZMsyxSG3G5O4U51l7lC1SjgepASShS5xb1BqIEirXhcMPAQESSPKlh2fcXe9qciZ/w640-h426/Water%20Rescue%201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>It has been developed using existing materials from a wide range of credible sources, and draws on accepted models of mental health support. </p><p>DIST will also be added to the training process for new staff, giving them ways to improve their own mental wellbeing and prepare them for their role with HM Coastguard. </p><p>It will be rolled out nationally through a number of DIST champions, with the first session being held at the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Fareham on Wednesday 11 October. </p><p>Virginia McVea, Chief Executive of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said: “The welfare of our team will always be our priority and knowing that the incidents HM Coastguard deal with are often traumatic, we will continue to put our efforts into exploring new ways of enhancing what we already provide in training and support. </p><p>“I hear so many stories about the difference that it makes when Coastguards check in on each other and I encourage everyone to keep doing that.” </p><p>Mike Buratti, HM Coastguard Area Commander for the North West of England, has been heavily involved in the creation of DIST. He said it was a vital resource for everyone who operates in high-risk, highly emotive scenarios, adding to the existing support toolkit. </p><p>He explained: “TRiM, for example, is a great resource that can identify staff and Coastguard Rescue Officer volunteers that may be at risk of developing psychological illness linked to exposure to a potential trauma. </p><p>“DIST will be a wonderful addition to that. But it will also give coastguards newly focused training on dealing with self-harm incidents, equipping our first responders with extra skills to handle some of the most difficult incidents we face. </p><p>“We are just starting the work to train the champions who will be invaluable to it working.” </p><p>The DIST package will be rolled out by champions based in the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres around the UK, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Fareham, and each coastal operations area. </p><p>The toolkit is made up of modules covering resilience, response and recovery and includes a section on ‘personal connections’, offering additional resources to Coastguard Rescue Officers who are a part of the community they protect. </p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8857972709898165262.post-30341767150952762592023-09-13T11:13:00.007+01:002023-09-13T11:18:11.669+01:00More than 100 people rescued from north Wales beach<p><b><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" color="windowtext" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-GB">More than 100 people were rescued along a stretch of north Wales coastline on what was a very busy day for HM Coastguard. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: windowtext; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text; white-space-collapse: preserve;" xml:lang="EN-GB">On Saturday, 9 September, the hottest day of the year so far, the Coastguard was alerted to reports that 25 people were cut off by the tide in Rhyl. </span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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Around 120 beachgoers were trapped on sandbanks. </span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW93675196 BCX8" paraeid="{4dde56c7-ae43-45d9-b274-d0b04218cd0e}{173}" paraid="847487892" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB">With gullies formed and no way back to the shore on foot, it was up to HM Coastguard and the RNLI to get everyone back to safety as quickly as possible.</span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW93675196 BCX8" paraeid="{4dde56c7-ae43-45d9-b274-d0b04218cd0e}{185}" paraid="1263842319" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW93675196 BCX8" paraeid="{4dde56c7-ae43-45d9-b274-d0b04218cd0e}{185}" paraid="1263842319" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB">At the scene just after 4pm, Rhyl and Flint Coastguard Rescue Teams and an inshore lifeboat from Rhyl RNLI were ready to help with the challenging operation, alongside North Wales Police.</span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW93675196 BCX8" paraeid="{4dde56c7-ae43-45d9-b274-d0b04218cd0e}{191}" paraid="1096821486" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">The inshore lifeboat recovered everyone to safety before the sandbanks were submerged by water. No medical assistance was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">required</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; 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-webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><b>Coastal Operations Area Commander Mike Buratti</b></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><b> said: </b>“Saturday was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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It is so important to check tide times, keep an eye on which direction the tide is heading, and give yourself enough time to get back to shore.</span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW93675196 BCX8" paraeid="{4dde56c7-ae43-45d9-b274-d0b04218cd0e}{209}" paraid="1482342193" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: arial; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW93675196 BCX8" paraeid="{4dde56c7-ae43-45d9-b274-d0b04218cd0e}{209}" paraid="1482342193" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-kerning: none; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="TextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-contrast="none" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: none; line-height: 18.2042px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="EN-GB"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">“</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">It’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> great to see everyone enjoying the hot weather but </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> essential to be prepared too. Being cut off by the tide </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">isn’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> an uncommon incident at this time of year, but </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">it’s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW93675196 BCX8" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> an easy one to avoid.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW93675196 BCX8" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" face="Arial, Arial_EmbeddedFont, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3519" data-original-width="5279" height="423" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5oVmBc3l10hmB7Kmsn8ejHGBz8aFr73Jl5j4HBnEQ8Lcwbq__44PtUFOojN4muIGOK4XJGPJLu2_bFRGGctN4K12q9l6lCIZV8bmSMHGRIzNzTZw9RXb8Ks85vg-rWlWwzKFP9GAsZvU2rchL2QolgQhlWRps97LYLNRIHxkbAoTFFcYl5JA97i0J2ZlJ/w636-h423/Antony%20Gormley%20scuplture%20at%20Crosby%20beach%20RESIZED.jpg" width="636" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Antony Gormley sculptures at Crosby beach</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Members of the public were praised for dialling 999 when a rising tide set the clock ticking for two people stuck in mud.</p><p>The emergency started when a man and a woman got into difficulty together on the beach at Crosby, Merseyside - famous for its cast iron sculptures by artist Antony Gormley.</p><p>The man was able to extricate himself, but the woman sank even deeper until she was trapped up to her waist.</p><p>With the water coming in and time running out, the situation triggered a big response including mud technicians from Crosby and Wirral Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRTs) and the RNLI’s hovercraft from Hoylake.</p><p>Working with Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, the CRTs freed the woman after about 45 minutes.</p><p>When the alarm was raised at about 10.55am the water was about a mile off. By the time she was out, the fast-flowing tide was just 200 metres away.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uiGaeTaN1xn4V2_cRWpyUzmWNex8FWL3Hd8I_oAT1JTPhYpngmxwihMz2EpI6VRuED8j28N5syhLm6mzZlCagHO5m4CySHRi-k6T6m1vdehqU5pbYNMwP1pLepVELVLdLkL9N_ry9HUA6D9xyimwIZ5xoVwLt3YofxyNdmavE5tI8Ry0tquPHcDTf0ET/s1600/Mud%20at%20Crosby%20beach.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uiGaeTaN1xn4V2_cRWpyUzmWNex8FWL3Hd8I_oAT1JTPhYpngmxwihMz2EpI6VRuED8j28N5syhLm6mzZlCagHO5m4CySHRi-k6T6m1vdehqU5pbYNMwP1pLepVELVLdLkL9N_ry9HUA6D9xyimwIZ5xoVwLt3YofxyNdmavE5tI8Ry0tquPHcDTf0ET/w534-h401/Mud%20at%20Crosby%20beach.JPG" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The surface at Crosby beach can be deceptive</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The pair were walked safe and well back to shore by Crosby RNLI Lifeguards and handed into the care of the North West Ambulance Service for a check-up. Merseyside Police also attended.</p><p>Helping to oversee the operation from HM Coastguard’s Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Holyhead was Alexander Hill, Senior Maritime Operations Officer. He said: “This was a good example of a range of agencies working together for the swift and safe rescue of a casualty from deep in the mud.</p><p>"Members of the public also deserve praise for doing the right thing. They called 999, asked for the Coastguard and stayed safe – instead of going onto the mud themselves, getting stuck and adding to the danger.”</p><p>As well as the risk of drowning from the rising tide, mud emergencies also bring the potential for injury from pressure cutting off blood circulation – known as hydrostatic squeeze.</p><p>Michael Buratti, Coastal Operations Area Commander, added: “Mud and quicksand can be hidden dangers as risky ground is not always obvious, so watch out for warnings and be aware of tides and weather forecasts.</p><p>“Avoid crossing estuaries and walking through mud where there can be unseen channels of fast-flowing water.</p><p>“If you do get stuck, sit back to spread your weight evenly across the surface. Stop others from trying to help you, as they might get stuck too, and call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.”</p><p>For tips about keeping safe near mud on the coast, click <a href="https://hmcoastguard.uk/coast" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>HM Coastguardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05215395570933538219noreply@blogger.com