Clydebank’s new Coastguard Rescue Team has been welcomed by West Dunbartonshire councillors, ahead its expected to launch later this year
In January it was announced that a new team would be set up in Clydebank and would be made up of fully trained volunteers to attend emergencies on the Clyde as well as “qualifying” incidents inland.
The station will be located near Clydebank College and will be open mid summer. It will recruit 10 Coastguard Rescue Officers who will be trained in water rescue, advanced first aid, mud rescue, missing person search, helicopter landing operations and blue light drivers.
