Fire and lifeboat crews rescued dummy casualties from a north hostel on Raasay during a major training exercise.
The event was part of an exercise to test what response could be mustered if there was an emergency call-out on the west coast island.
The exercise scenario involved a fire at youth hostel with four persons unaccounted for, with teams from the fire service, ambulance service, Portree lifeboat and NHS Highland scrambled to the scene.
A local fire and rescue team were involved, while the lifeboat carried reinforcements from Portree and Broadford on neighbouring Skye to help with the rescue.
Unfortunately the coastguard helicopter from Stornoway was not able to attend due to operational commitments, so the “casualties” were recovered and removed to a rendezvous point.
Station manager at Portree, Paul Edwards said: “The exercise was also intended to be supportive of our more remote locations, testing service resilience and current procedures.
“The exercise went very well and all of the objectives were met. All casualties were recovered and successfully transported off the island.
“I would like to praise the commitment and professionalism shown by our crews and partner agencies to ensure the exercise was a success.”
Members of Raasay Community Council were also attended to observe and they will be invited to give their views at a future meeting.
Mr Edwards added: “Although the exercise was a success as a service, we do have learning outcomes as do the other services in attendance, and this can only be of benefit, when reviewing remote location incident plans.”