Falmouth coastguards dealt with four emergencies in three days, including three in four hours on Sunday.
On Friday at 3.45pm they were called to establish a landing site at Malpas for the Royal Navy search and rescue helicopter that was transferring a casualty from the Isles of Scilly to an ambulance bound for the Royal Cornwall Hospital. The helicopter landed in bad poor visibility at 4.30pm.
On Sunday at around 2.30pm the team were tasked to establish another landing site for a helicopter from RNAs Culdrose, transferring a casualty from St Keverne to hospital, but were stood down en route to Malpas.
An hour later Falmouth’s team were assisted by Porthoustock search and rescue and a Navy helicopter in rescuing two fishermen cut off by the tide at Mawnan Sheer. It was decided to use a helicopter to lift the two casualties from the cliff to the top.
A around 6.30pm the team had their final call of the day, setting up a landing site at Malpas for a Navy helicopter to transfer a seriously ill patient from the Lizard to Treliske.
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