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Fort Widley
On Saturday 24th October, Maggie Hill and Celia Hawson from the Communications Branch joined Coastguard Rescue Teams from the Southampton, South Downs, Portsmouth and Wight Sectors. They were also joined by a local police unit, for a days training at Fort Widley, a Napoleonic Fort located near Portsmouth.
Operation Autumn Gold
On Sunday 6th September Officers from Hastings Police and colleagues from the Coastguard Rescue Service and Hastings Borough Council Park Ranger service took part in a joint training exercise at Fairlight Country Park called Operation "Autumn Gold". The Officers, working closely with the other agencies were set a number of tasks designed to train them for searching for vulnerable or missing people in the Country park and along the cliff tops.
MCA Podcasts
Have you ever wondered how UK waters are charted ? Have you ever dreamt of exploring the underwater world off our coastline ? Well, the MCA’s Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) does just that…
Join Hydrography Manager Rob Spillard in the latest MCA video podcast as he takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the CHP. Discover what hydrography is, how and why the MCA surveys the waters surrounding the UK, and find out how this work has led to some truly ground-breaking discoveries off our coastline.
Major exercise
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is responsible for a major international maritime exercise taking place in the Channel on Tuesday November 3rd 2009. The multi-agency exercise Manchex 2009 will involve Coastguard and the emergency services from Britain and France.
