If you were staying on the Herm campsite at the end of August this year you may have been surprised to hear the sound of a helicopter landing on Herm.  This was part of an exercise to test and train Guernsey’s Civil Protection Volunteers in an exercise that required them to use their equipment and skills in an area that was unfamiliar to them.  The brief was that part of an RAF fighter craft had become detached when it was flying over Herm and that it was dangerous to persons if touched.

The Herm fire team assisted in the exercise by transporting the equipment needed by the Civil Protection Volunteers to the helicopter landing area and by deploying their equipment as per helicopter landing requirements.  The cargo boat Brecqhou Warrior was used to ferry the volunteers and their equipment from Guernsey.

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