Portling Coastguard Rescue Team is a search and cliff rescue team operating from a base in Portling, near Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway. Covering the coastline of the south west of Scotland from the River Urr, Kippford east to the Scotland/England Border near Gretna and on occasion beyond. In 2005, the Solway Sector began providing SAR cover for several inland lochs and waterways.
The station is part of the Solway Sector, which is managed by Sector Manager Roger Gee. Incidents are co-ordinated from the operations room in the Liverpool MRCC.
The team comprises of ten members who come from all walks of life, Two of Portling's members are third generation coastguards, following in the footsteps of fathers and grandfathers and have over 20 years service each. The remaining members service ranges from 8 years to 8 months. They are on call 24 hours a day and are alerted by pagers. Once arriving at the station the team can be on route to an incident within minutes.
Recently, due to the vast area the Portling Coastguard Rescue Team has to cover, an Immediate Response Team was formed in Annan, this reduced the response times to the eastern area of their sector.
Portling CRT works closely with a number of other Rescue Units including
 | Kirkcudbright, Isle of Whithorn and Brough by Sands Coastguard SAR Units |
| Kirkcudbright, Kippford, Silloth and Workington RNLI Lifeboats |
| Nith Inshore Rescue, Glencaple |
| Royal Navy SAR Flight, HMS Gannett |
| Royal Air Force SAR Helicopters, RAF Valley and Boulmer. |
| Galloway Mountain Rescue Team |
| Dumfries and Galloway Police |
