Glossop Mountain Rescue Team, July 07, 2019 - Two out of last three callouts have required assistance from Coastguard Rescue’s 12.5 tonne S-92 helicopter.
To make sure that team members, and the casualty, experience the safest conditions possible we need to train yearly with Coastguard Rescue. Today was our yearly training.
I’m not going to pretend that we don’t enjoy this kind of training because we do, but operating underneath 12.5 tonnes of downdraft can be quite daunting if you’ve never experienced it.
Today we familiarised ourselves with the outside and inside of the aircraft; embarking and disembarking procedures and high-lining skills(where tension is kept on a stretcher as is is winched, to stop it spinning).
A grand day topping up key skills.
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The Glossop Mountain Rescue Team (GMRT) is a registered charity founded in 1957 at Glossop, Derbyshire, England. All their members are volunteers who give up their time to rescue people in wild and remote places and run entirely on donations. If you wish to make a donation to help us continue to save lives you can do so at http://www.justgiving.com/glossopmrt/
To make sure that team members, and the casualty, experience the safest conditions possible we need to train yearly with Coastguard Rescue. Today was our yearly training.
I’m not going to pretend that we don’t enjoy this kind of training because we do, but operating underneath 12.5 tonnes of downdraft can be quite daunting if you’ve never experienced it.
Today we familiarised ourselves with the outside and inside of the aircraft; embarking and disembarking procedures and high-lining skills(where tension is kept on a stretcher as is is winched, to stop it spinning).
A grand day topping up key skills.
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The Glossop Mountain Rescue Team (GMRT) is a registered charity founded in 1957 at Glossop, Derbyshire, England. All their members are volunteers who give up their time to rescue people in wild and remote places and run entirely on donations. If you wish to make a donation to help us continue to save lives you can do so at http://www.justgiving.com/glossopmrt/
S-92A G-MCGH ( HM Coastguard )
See also |
Humberside sector HM Coastguard Her Majesty’s Coastguard
S-92 in HM Coastguard