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Thank you for logging on to the Swanage Coastguard Team website which allows you to follow our work in the community throughout the year.
HM Coastguard responds to Search and Rescue (SAR) incidents that occur within the UK SAR region. This region covers some 1.25 million square nautical miles of sea and over 10.5 thousand nautical miles of coastline.
This is what we do, a short MCA video clip.
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The Swanage Team is one of 402 Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRTs) in the UK currently having 13 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers who are on call 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
The station built in 1842 is situated at Peveril Point, from here we cover an area which has just about every type of terrain possible, from sand and mud to 375ft cliffs.
The northern boundary starts at Middlebere Farm on the shores of Poole harbour (the Worlds 2nd largest natural harbour), taking in Wytch Farm, Europes largest onshore oil field. Out of the harbour by the Chain Ferry and along into Studland and the World famous Old Harry Rocks, the starting point of the World Heritage Site known as the Jurassic Coast which follows the coastline into Devon. Into Swanage and across the treacherous Peveril Ledges leads into Durlston Bay and round to Anvil Point, finally ending at our border with the St Albans team at Dancing Ledge.
There are three types of Coastguard Team, Rope, Search and Mud, the Swanage Team is classified as both a Rope Rescue and Enhanced Search team having specialist equipment to deal with these types of maritime emergencies.
As well as our specialist skills the team is principally the eyes and ears of the Operations Room in Weymouth (Known as Portland Coastguard Rescue Coordination Centre) and often members will be watching and passing vital information back to the centre during a rescue.
The team has two main types of callouts.
Initial Response Team (IRT), this is a two person team normally sent out to investigate an incident or give assistance until further rescue units arrive, or
The Back up Response Team (BURT), this is the reminder of the team and will be used on rope rescues or searches.
We hope you enjoy our site and use it to ensure your visit to the area is remembered for the right reasons. This part of Dorset is lovely but does have some hazards so check out our safety advice. If you have any questions or would like to leave your thoughts of the site or area please use the pages above.
HM Coastguard is part of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (see links page above), and forms part of the emergency services in the UK. This site is not an official MCA web site, but run by the Swanage team for the benefit of the community of Swanage and its visitors.
If you are in distress or see someone you believe is in trouble around the coast or out to sea,
For non emergency or routine matters please call our 24 hour Operations Room on 01305 760439.
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