Alan Graham | Alex Hastie | Dave Bell | Dave Graham | Gordon Thompson | Jackie Graham | John Wright | Margaret Hastie | Michael Davy | Richard Ilderton | Will Hogg
Michael Davy
Michael belongs to: Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
Michael was invited to join the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade by a friend of his parents. He is a Captain.
Michael was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 30 November 2005. The interview took place at Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade watch house and lasted 7 minutes and 47 seconds.
Photograph of Michael Davy
Training with the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
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"Since I joined the brigade, I obviously went through all the initial training of learning the old fashioned breeches buoy gear"
Since I joined the brigade, I obviously went through all the initial training of learning the old fashioned breeches buoy gear, and then we did a lot of radio work and search training, and then rope training, cliff work, and then pretty much everything after that is ongoing; you learn as you go along.
Michael has 8 memories in the memorynet:
Training with the Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade
- Types of callout
- The call out process
- Call out routine
- A call out on the Black Middens
- Equipment and clothing
- The rescue equipment
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Landrover
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Skills | Training | Volunteering
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