COASTGUARD teams from Greenock and Dunoon joined their colleagues from across the country for a major training exercise which saw a bus submerged in the Clyde. 

Teams gathered earlier this week in Glasgow to take part in Exercise Mini Fall, which simulated a road traffic collision, with a minibus lowered into the river.

Greenock Telegraph: Coastguard exercise in Glasgow

Groups involved included coastguard rescue teams from Helensburgh, Ardrossan, Greenock and Dunoon as well as Belfast Coastguard and a rescue helicopter. 

They worked alongside the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Police Scotland, RNLI Helensburgh, Glasgow Humane Society and University of Glasgow partners to 'rescue' all 'casualties' involved.

Greenock Telegraph: Coastguard exercise in Glasgow

Following the exercise the teams debriefed and discussed what they had learned from working through the scenarios they were presented with.