Rescues at Bosigran, famed for its 200-metre (660 ft) climb “Commando Ridge” nicknamed after the World War II commandos who trained there in preparation for wartime cliff assaults, would be performed by other climbers who would go to the Count House to collect the rescue equipment.
Later, a subsidiary post was established in the Lands End climbing area and also the Liskeard area,[clarification needed] however the coastal posts (including Lands End) closed around 20 years later as the HM Coastguard developed their cliff rescue capabilities.
Although most of the county is farmland and semi-rural, over 300 square miles (780 km2) of this is open moorland including tors and lowland heath.
Like a lot of teams around the country, many of these callouts are “non mountain rescue”—searching for vulnerable people in rural locations.
However the team dealt with its fair share of moorland jobs, mainly on and around Bodmin Moor, including casualty evacuations and rescue call outs directly from the ambulance service and the police (the size of the moor and vulnerability of inexperienced explorers making emergencies more probable).