South West 999

Cornwall County Fire Brigade

Monday 16 August 2004

Major Flooding Incident Boscastle & North Cornwall.

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Incident Attendance Details Boscastle

Here can be seen some of the many cars and trees washed away.

'Copyright photo courtesy of www.tintagelweb.co.uk'

The appliances that attended the scene initially are listed below. The first relief crews  attended from 2100 onwards.

Relief crews.

Over the following days many crews were sent to the village to carry out search operations.

Some of the these crews attended more than once.

 'Copyright photo courtesy of www.tintagelweb.co.uk'

Also in attendance were many units of Devon & Cornwall Police and Westcountry Ambulance Service. The RNLI Inshore Lifeboats from Port Issac and Bude. Helicopters attended from RAF Chivenor [2 ], RAF St.Mawgan, RNAS Culdrose [2], Coastguard Poole, Devon & Cornwall Police, Cornwall Air Ambulance and Devon Air Ambulance. It is also thought a private helicopter from Castle Air also attended the scene.

During the search operations which commenced on Tuesday 17 August Special Police Search dogs attended from South Yorkshire & Oxfordshire.

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