Chris Turner
@coac_15
Retired - Ex HM Coastguard North West Area 15 Coastal Commander. North Wales to Scottish border. "Choice and Freedom"... π
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https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/maritime-and-coastguard-agency 01-12-2017 17:33:32
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In addition to the major incident at #WinterHill Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service crews have been forced to deal with multiple fires in Healey Nab. Luckily we had the firefighting helicopter nearby. Images from our @aeryonlabs #Drone @LFRS_DRONE BBC North West ITV News Sky News
#coastguard #winterhill 2nd crew deployed until nightfall using our tracked argocat in support of Lancs Fire & Rescue next crew on at 0500 Monday. #thanks knottend&morecambecg Fleetwood Coastguard Adam Bradbury #teamwork #WinterHillFire
Today some of the team have been working with knottend&morecambecg to provide logistics support to Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service with the Argocat from knottend whilst they continue their fight against the Winter Hill fire. The Argocat is normally used during mud rescue but is excellent on all terrains
Andy has been up on Winter Hill with Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service Interim Chief Fire Officer Dawn Docx meeting Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service crews and seeing the extent of the moor fire. He wants to thank everyone for their fantastic work in difficult circumstances. π₯ππ
Another busy day supporting Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service and others on #winterhill hoping to supply another #coastguard ATV for operational support Tuesday afternoon until the end of the week. Photos to follow.
Another hot and dry day on #winterhill all crews working extremely hard in difficult conditions. Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service knottend&morecambecg Lytham Coastguard Chris Turner lots of other agencies in attendance.
Another shift finished working with amazing colleagues from Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service NWAS HART @cgs15b Adam Bradbury Bolton MRT #WinterHill and many other teams. #Thanks
Happy to be heading of on my annual leave but sorry to be leaving behind a great team who continue to fight the #winterhill fire. Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service and all my local #coastguard teams. #thanks everyone and good luck.
Good morning all. We have 15 fire engines at Winter Hill this morning and we will be joined again by London Fire Brigade later today. Please take care when you are out today and keep away from the exclusion zone on #WinterHill
After some rain there's still plenty of moorland firefighting to be done on #winterhill - Huge amount of hot spots in the peat identified through thermal imaging by Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service Skyranger #Drone @LFRS_DRONE BBC News (UK) ITV News Sky News @aeryonlabs @Lancs_FireDCFO