Rescue capabilities put to the test

8 Apr 2014 02:30 PM

Members of the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Force have taken part in a multi-agency exercise in Cardiff Bay. 

The RAF search and rescue personnel were put through their paces along with various other emergency services when they were faced with a major incident in a scenario for Exercise Red Dragon.

The exercise saw the RAF join forces with the Cardiff Harbour Authority, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, South Wales Fire and Rescue, South Wales Police and the Welsh Ambulance Service to respond to a collision involving 2 vessels; persons were reported to be in the water and some were unaccounted for.

Cardiff Harbour Authority, the body responsible for the management and operation of Cardiff Bay, came together with other organisations to plan an exercise that would test the response to a major incident involving a person or persons in grave and imminent danger requiring immediate assistance.

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