LIFEGUARDS at Saltburn joined forces with the lifeboat team at Redcar for a joint training exercise last week.

The training was based at Saltburn beach and saw the two RNLI groups work together in a mock call-out to test their abilities.

The team had to try and help a man who had fallen and possibly broken his ankle near Saltburn pier. Whilst the team helped the casualty, a second mock shout came through concerning a jet ski, which had crashed into a group of surfers causing multiple injuries.

Saltburn lifeguards and Redcar RNLI joined forces for a training exercise

Saltburn lifeguards and Redcar RNLI joined forces for a training exercise

RNLI Redcar was launched whilst the Saltburn lifeguard team remained ashore, helping their fellow lifesavers locate the "casualties" in the water.

Nathan Hobday, training coordinator at Redcar, said: "The joint exercise with the Saltburn lifeguard team was ultimately designed to be a stress test on our response as a collaboration.

"This particular scenario was designed to escalate quickly so to focus on the level of casualty care and quality of first aid administered.

"Overall, the teams successfully managed to sift through the chaos and deliver a level of casualty care that ensured each individual was treated in a good time frame."