Guernsey Coastguard assisted in a multi-agency rescue operation yesterday evening after receiving reports of a teenage boy stranded on cliffs at Soldiers Bay.

At approximately 5:20 pm, Guernsey Coastguard received a call from the Joint Emergency Service Control Centre (JESCC) reporting that a teenager had become stuck part-way down the cliffs and was unable to move to safety. The Guernsey Fire and Rescue, Cliff Rescue Team and Police had already responded to the 999 call and Guernsey Coastguard were requested to launch the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) Inshore Lifeboat (ILB) and the Coastguard Drone Unit to assist with locating and rescuing the stranded teenager.

Upon arrival, Guernsey Fire & Rescue personnel established a technical rope rescue system from the cliff top, while the RNLI’s inshore lifeboat stood by below to provide safety cover and assist if required. Working closely with Guernsey Coastguard’s Drone Unit, the teams quickly located the boy and were able to reach, secure him, and bring him safely down to the bottom of the cliff for final extraction by ILB, which arrived back into St Peter Port harbour at 7:20pm

The teenager was assessed by the Fire & Rescue Cliff Team member and Lifeboat crew at the scene and was found to be uninjured.