COASTGUARD teams in Cumbria have been taking part in a training session.
Teams from Whitehaven and Maryport Coastguard took part in the training session in West Cumbria which incorporated different aspects of rescue training.
A spokesperson said: "A swift Mobile Remote Radio Site, Search incorporating Navigation Exercise, with a casualty treatment and extraction was last night's training at Maryport along with colleagues from Maryport Coastguard Rescue Team.
"From Rope Rescue (cliff/structure/vessel access etc), Water Rescue, Mud Rescue, casualty evacuation, vessels in distress, Lost & Missing Persons Searches, suspicious items (ordnance/pyrotechnics), Royal Fish (whales, sturgeons, porpoises, and dolphins), then we’ve got you covered should you need us.
"HM Coastguard is responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK search and rescue region.
"This includes the mobilisation, organisation and tasking of adequate resources to respond to persons either in distress at sea, or to persons at risk of injury or death on the cliffs or shoreline of the UK as well as some inland waters (for Cumbria This includes Derwentwater, Ullswater, Coniston, and Windermere)."
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