HM Coastguard Peterhead
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HM Coastguard Peterhead SAR Team are always on call 24/7 365 days a year. Welcome to the HM Coastguard Peterhead SAR facebook page.The HM Coastguard have over a 200 year history, where in 1698 officers patrolled the shores on horse back to catch smugglers. By 1743 almost half of the tea was illegally imported into the UK. In the 1920's the focus of the Coastguard had changed to saving lives at sea and on the coast and maintaining safety in major shipping lanes. No matter the day or time The UK Coastguard service is always watching and waiting to protect and save lives not only on our shorelines but far over the horizons.
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facebook.com*** SAFETY ADVICE *** ( Copied from another page ) Just to make you aware if you have dogs, a huge lump of palm oil is lying in Rattray beach . A member of the public has contacted the environmental health .
Would you know who to call if there was an emergency on the coast such as someone in difficulty in the water or on a cliff? 9️⃣9️⃣9️⃣ Coastguard
Equipment that could save someones life. Some people have no respect for saftey equipment.😠
****📟📟📟📟**** (CALL OUT JOB NO 5) Team were paged today 20/3/18 at 14.32 hours to assist fraserburgh team with a report of an suspected ordnance at pittulie beach. Teams arrived on scene and soon cornered off the area. Fraserburgh team are still on scene awaiting arrivel of EOD. Police scotland closed the B9031 road between rosehearty and sandhaven just as a precaution. Peterhead team stood down 16.21 hours.
TEAM PAGED AT 14.32 MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW
This is what happened today!! A young girl in her car passed the harbour wall on the way to albert quay/north base and a huge wave came crashing over resulting in her car being badly damaged. The car occupants were very lucky and escaped injury.
## SAFETY ADVICE ## PLEASE STAY CLEAR OF THE ROAD HEADING TOWARDS ALBERT QUAY/ NORTH BASE AS THE WAVES ARE COMING OVER THE WALL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE
EXERCISE 15/3/18 The team braved the weather tonight and took part in a search & casualty handling exercise. The team are always ready whatever the weather.
Photo just came in if this is u walking along the ugie carrying a boogy board could u drop a message on the page to let us know you are safe and well. ** PLEASE SHARE **
Over the past few days our seas have been unforgiving. We understand that adverse weather is awe inspiring but the dangers are real and should not be underestimated. We cannot stress enough that piers, rocks, harbours and the water’s edge are not safe places to be when the weather is bad - it can be slippery and because there is little to hold onto even a small wave can come out of nowhere and quickly wash you off and into the sea. Equally so, no footage, photograph or selfie is worth risking your life for. We would urge people to think carefully about the risks they take and be extremely careful when near any body of water during bad weather. If you see anyone in trouble call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.
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