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Newquay Coastguard Training
Newquay Coastguard volunteer team are on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year so being prepared with the necessary training is key. Some of the types of shouts we have been involved in can vary from missing persons, despondent individuals, (sadly) body recovery, dogs who have fallen over the cliff edge, casualties, vehicles stranded on the beach to ordnance (explosive material) and pyrotechnics washing up along our coastline.
To be able to work as effectively and efficiently as possible, regular training sessions and scenarios are paramount to our success as a team. Regular scenarios that we train include:
- Search & rescue
- Water rescues
- Rope rescues
- Clifftop rescues – these are done with and without an injured ‘casualty’ or dummy
- Beach rescues – with and without an injured ‘casualty’, involving the search & rescue helicopter, flares and winching of casualty
- Ordnance & pyrotechnic safety protocols
We sometimes train the above scenarios with our fellow Padstow and St Agnes Coastguard teams. We are also trained in navigation, first aid and relevant communication techniques and abbreviations; some of which include:
IRT – Initial Response Team – 3 or 4 team members will go and investigate the situation and report back to Falmouth Coastguard
BURT – Back-Up Response Team – whole team are paged
CRT – Coastguard Rescue Team
Stay Safe
Before heading out on the water …
Rescue Feedback
“Back safe at hotel with cast – broken fibula at ankle end – two attempts to set … ouch! Huge thanks to all the crew! You were super efficient and had great banter which has added to our engagement story!!”
“Great job done as usual”
“Saw you all hard at work yesterday at Little Fistral, thank you for all that you do”
“Your rescue teams do an unbelievable job!”
“RESPECT to our volunteers!”
“Just witnessed the fantastic combined efforts of the RNLI and the Coastguard in a cliff face rescue of a girl stuck ¾’ s the way up”
Our Sponsors
We would like to say a big thank you to our sponsors.
