Emergencies are simulated (From Bridport and Lyme Regis News)
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Emergencies are simulated
11:30am Wednesday 31st October 2012 in News
THE Lyme Regis lifeboat came to the aid of the Lyme Bay National Coastwatch Institution – to help look-outs complete a simulated marine incident exercise.
The lifeboat and harbourmaster Grahame Forshaw helped the NCI team set up and monitor four scenarios at sea involving an injured crew member on a boat, a boat with engine failure, a swimmer in difficulty and a man overboard.
NCI station manager Clive Edwards said that for their Declared Facility Status assessment all NCI lookouts are required to arrange a simulated marine incident exercise to demonstrate to an appointed National Coastwatch Institution assessor that they are competent to give the coastguard a reliable visual assessment of the incident and communicate with the rescue services by radio to direct them safely to the incident with a minimum of delay.
Mr Edwards said: “The value of this type of exercise cannot be over-stated and plans are afoot to run similar exercises at regular intervals – weather permitting – from now on.”
