Tag: search and rescue
Major gaps in search & rescue revealed
(CNS): Cash, people and better use of existing resources and agencies are all needed to improve the issues surrounding the search and rescue service in Cayman, according to a report made public Monday. The report by the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) found there are a “number of challenges” relating to the need for […]
UK coastguard starts review of local search & rescue
(CNS): Two officers from the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) have arrived in the Cayman Islands to begin a review of the local search and rescue capabilities, a project which is being funded by the British government. National Maritime Operations Commander Phil Bostock and MCA International Projects Co-coordinator Naomi Davies will be here for […]
UK to fund review of marine unit
(CNS): The British government will be funding a review of the search and rescue capabilities, resources and equipment as well as coastguard protections in all of its territories in the Caribbean, and it will be starting with Cayman. The minister for the overseas territories, Baroness Anelay, announced that the money for the extensive review will […]
Body of missing snorkeler found after search
(CNS): A 24-year-old local man has drowned off the coast of Spotts beach during a snorkelling trip with friends on Wednesday evening, 29 June. A search and rescue operation was launched yesterday at around 6pm after the 911 Communications Centre received a report that he was in the water in distress. Police have not yet identified […]
JPs call for full review of SAR ops
(CNS): The two justices of the peace, who were supposed to work with UK Coastguard Commander Andrew Jenkins on the search and rescue report into an incident in which five people lost their lives in March, have called for a full review of local search and rescue operations because of weaknesses identified in his work. […]
