Stats

Its that time of year again when the figures are added up and we reflect on 2010.

I would like to start with a huge thank you to the team, 2010 was an outstanding year with incidents up to figures we have never seen before. The support from the families and the community of Swanage was brilliant. Special thanks go to St Albans Coastguard for backing us on a number of occasions, Swanage Police and Swanage Ambulance crews,NCI Swanage and all the crew at Swanage Lifeboat.

Incidents 2010 - 165 compared to 112 in 2009

5 EOD incidents

11 Incidents involving animals (mostly dogs fallen from cliffs)

69 Marine incidents

9 Miscellaneous incidents

3 Pollution incidents

6 Cliff incidents

23 Medical incidents

4 Investigations

9 Searches for missing people

26 Minor incidents - incidents where the team dealt with someone but not logged by the MRCC

The full team were called out 14 times

The MRU drove 2549 miles

Austen was called out the most (or created more incidents) 68

Sunday at 2pm remains our busiest time for call outs

We haven't been called out between 03.30 and 04.30 in five years

Wednesday's remain the quietest day in the week.

2469 hours of Coastguard work was put in during 2010 by the volunteer team.

Eric is the eldest in the team, Rid the youngest.