This week I have been our Operational Commander for the sector and it has seen me attending our local acute hospital trusts to manage trolley waits. I would like to say thank you to both the hospital and ambulance staff involved in dealing with this ongoing problem in a highly professional way. This joint working and professionalism ultimately benefits patients. Thank you to everyone involved.
I am looking forward to a few days off and hopefully the weather will let me get out on the motorbike and also get in a few miles of walking on the coast path.
For those of you who live inland does the coast and the sea have a huge draw for you? I am lucky to live on what I think is one of the most beautiful areas of the south coast and I never tire of the views and scenery which change with the season or more subtly every day. The SWASTFT area is bordered by the sea on three sides and as you can imagine this generates a significant work load both with incidents directly related to the coast and sea, as well as the increased population during the busy tourist seasons.
However no matter how beautiful the area seems it still hold dangers to those who visit and work here.
When you visit the coast there are lots of resources and agencies looking after you.
When you visit the coast there are lots of resources and agencies looking after you.
The Coastguard are responsible for coordinating these resources and can call on their own helicopters, mud and cliff rescue teams as well as those of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. They are also able to call on the other emergency services and volunteer agencies to provide a response.
Locally Poole Harbour Commissioners are responsible for safety within the harbour. The harbour is busy with both commercial and leisure craft and ensuring the safety of these often conflicting users can be difficult. They are responsible for the channel marks, pilotage of commercial vessels in and out of the harbour. They also mount regular patrols to enforce the harbour bye laws and provide safety advice to the users of harbour. They respond to emergencies and also environmental pollution issues in conjunction with other agencies.
Also patrolling the harbour and coast are the maritime section of Dorset Police again they are there to enforce the law, provide advice and detect crime, they are also available to the Coastguard to respond to incidents.
So as you can when you visit the coast there are lost of agencies looking after your safety and ready to respond to incidents.
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