The Canadian Coast Guard celebrates its 50th anniversary today. By chance, our local Coast Guard crew held a training exercise at Willingdon Beach last Saturday, where one of their mates played injured and the others rescued him, giving me a wonderful way to note the anniversary.
Above, the "injured" party lay waiting on the beach, and below, help arrives in the form of the Coast Guard Zodiac.
It was quite the exercise, right down to applying tape across the patient's forehead, to keep the head from moving.
And onto the Zodiac, and away to the North Harbour, where theoretically an ambulance would be waiting.
It's good to see them honing their skills, even as we
hope they never have to use them in a real event.
And thanks for the 50 years of service!
6 comments:
Love the CG... heroes all! You've captured it well!
Great shots Paul!
I was a bit worried when I saw the first picture! :)
The coast guard gets little recognition, so my thanks go out to them as well.
PS: You might want to look at my travel blog today. I've got an eagle up for you. :)
Nice series and ah, the fabled backboard! These are used for stabilization in pool and other water rescues, too. Hooray for the coast guards, Canadian -- and U.S., too. We'd be in a real pickle without them!
Thanks for the reminder of the anniversary. We like sharing our building with the Coast Guard men and women. - Margy
Nice series of shots. Thanks for the reminder of the anniversary.
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