Just another day......three ambulances, HM Coastguard and the Police

Well, what a change in the weather wind and heavy cold showers.

The day started off quite slowly, then a tree with limbs damaged by last nights wind needed attention which tied two of us up for a couple of hours, the tree was made safe but will need felling on Monday, no one injured all safe.

I took one of the new guys out on a beach patrol as it was quiet in the office, on our return trip down the beach we were flagged down by the RNLI lifeguard on a quad bike looking for a lady with a Cocker spaniel the wife of a kite surfer who had suffered an injury. We found the lady sat in her car and delicately informed her she was needed on the beach. A while later RNLI informed us that a 999 call had been made and an ambulance was on the way, the paramedics and then the coastguard duly arrived.

Oh I forgot, in between finding the lady and taking her to the beach the Police arrived lights blazing on what turned out to a HOAX call. 

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The coincidences continue as the technician in the first ambulance informed that there was another unit on the way responding to another incident in the park... I'll come back to that one

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Clearly it would be inappropriate to report anymore on the incident suffice to say the paramedics carried out their job Well done to them and of course the RNLI lifeguards. I wish the gentleman a speedy recovery.

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And so to the second incident, a lady had slipped and damaged her hip, she seemed cheery enough when we arrived ahead of the ambulance paramedic responder car; but was actually in  a lot of pain. Another full size ambulance was needed and the lady whisked off to hospital.

I got in around 20:15 and my mobile rang, it was the campsite warden asking if when I left the entrance barrier was ok, well it was but not apparently now, as it is in two pieces!!!

URGENT URGENT, Control from.......Sunday 22nd July 2018

And so it was at around 3pm today I was checking the car parks when I was flagged down by a visitor, it's usually bad news when someone flags us down, who told me that he had seen smoke coming from the forest just inland from the beach near the wreck on the western end of Cefn Sidan.

The result was of course a radio call to our control to alert them to the information; the team sprung into action as we set about locating the fire  which was found outside the park boundary in the NRW Pembrey Forest. Other members of the public were already attempting to tackle the fire and had alerted the Fire Service via 999 as had our team at control.

On this point the gentleman who called 999 was amazed he had a mobile signal, it's worth mentioning that 99% of the time when you dial 999 your mobile will pick up any network not necessarily the one you pay for... technology eh!

Well anyway it was soon apparent that the cause of the fire was a DISPOSABLE BBQ and a campfire, I cannot understand the selfishness of people WHY. A fire crew from Llanelli station arrived on site but due to the location couldn't get a hose close enough so had to carry water in buckets; the use of "fire beaters" helped contain the flames but the damage had already been done and the fire had burned deep into the ground, ( as we discovered when two of us revisited the incident around 18:30)

you can see the disposable BBQ in the lower centre

If any of my readers wonder about the decision to ban BBQ's and fires etc in the Pembrey Country Park believe me when I say the difficult decision was taken to take into account the stupidity and selfishness of some visitors (my personal view)

Well on a brighter note, apart from being bitten by a Horsefly again! we were joined by the incredible GIANT WOOD WASP, busily laying eggs in the bark of a Pine tree which was still smouldering.
These harmless insects are very impressive being around 40mm long.

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