Falmouth lifeboat launches to the aid of an injured cliff faller

Launching at 1:05pm, Falmouth’s inshore lifeboat Robina Nixon Chard with Helm Jamie Wakefield, and crew Lloyd Barron, Tamara Brookes and Jack Williams made their way out of the harbour. The lifeboat made their way towards Stack Point, near Swanpool Beach, where Porthoustock and Falmouth Coastguard Rescue Teams were also in attendance.

Once on scene, two RNLI crew members were put ashore with a first aid kit. Alongside the coastguard rescue teams, it was decided that extracting the casualty by water would be the best option. A paramedic and stretcher were collected and transported from Swanpool Beach. Once the casualty was lifted aboard the inshore lifeboat, the individual, paramedic and members of the coastguard team were taken back to the beach to a waiting ambulance.

The inshore lifeboat and crew then returned to the station where the boat was refuelled and made ready for service.

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