Dartmouth Coastguard Rescue Team joined colleagues from Kingsbridge, Bigbury, Yealm and Brixham for a multi-team search and rescue exercise centred around Strete Gate Car Park.

Multi-team exercises like these are vital for practising large-scale operations, ensuring seamless coordination, communication, and effectiveness when it matters most.

They help make sure that when the call comes in for a real incident, every team is prepared to respond quickly, safely, and professionally.

HM Coastguard coordinates all maritime search and rescue (SAR) operations in the UK through a network of coastguard stations, operating 24 hours a day.

Staff in operations rooms coordinate the response to a variety of incidents from lost or missing people to climbers stuck on cliffs or vessels missing at sea.