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Incident 20. We were called at 14:24 to assist the Ambulance Service with a lady who had fallen ill while on a walk, and was having difficulty breathing. Ambulance crew and Air Ambulance had already been dispatched and they wanted us to attend to facilitate a stretcher carry to the Air Ambulance. We had team members on site quickly who walked up to the location of the casualty to assess the situation. The casualty had started to recover and was able to walk to the land Ambulance which was parked at Crockern Cottage. Team members accompanied the casualty and the ambulance crew in case the casualty needed further assistance. Vehicles were back at our Rescue Centre by 16:00.