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	HM Coastguard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Her Majesty's Coastguard is the agency of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating rescue at sea.
		The Coastguard may call on the RNLI or their own land-based rescue personnel or rescue helicopters to take part.
		HRH the Prince of Wales is Commodore of HM Coastguard.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HM_Coastguard (215 words)

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		H.M. Coastguard is responsible for provision and operation of 21 Rescue Coordination Centres, and for the initiation and coordination of SAR incidents, but does not provide the operational response, except through contract to commercially-operated helicopters at three locations.
		The annual budget of HM Coastguard is approximately $100 million, and the contracted SAR helicopters account for $17 million of this.
		The task of H.M. Coastguard was defined in 1992 as follows: HM Coastguard is responsible for the initiation and coordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the United Kingdom Search and Rescue Region.
	www.sarinfo.bc.ca /Library/Resource/UKsar.rso (1172 words)

	HM Coastguard - History of Coastguard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This clear definition of the role of HM Coastguard within the MCA has enabled the MCA to focus on introducing the best available technology, which means that the UK Coastguard is a world model for search and rescue co-ordination.
		Satellite communications enable Coastguards to hear the distress calls of seafarers and coastal users who less than a hundred years ago would have hoped in vain that their feeble flares or cries might be seen or heard.
		The history of HM Coastguard is on show at a Coastguard Museum in Bridlington and, in the North East, there are Volunteer Life Brigades, which welcome visitors to their watch houses.
	www.redensigngroup.org /mcga-hm_coastguard/mcga-hmcg-history-of-coastguard/mcga-hmcg-21st-century.htm (403 words)

	Coastguard Rescue Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Coastguards who put their own lives at risk to rescue stricken crewmen from a petrol tanker which ran aground in Cornwall have been honoured for their bravery.
		The Tamar Coastguard Cliff Rescue Team battled through heavy surf and potentially-explosive fumes in atrocious weather to reach the MV Willy in Cawsand Bay near Plymouth.
		In his citation, Coastguard Sector Manager for South East Cornwall Gerry Wood said: “It is entirely due to the Tamar Coastguards’ fine efforts and in the best traditions of HM Coastguard that no loss of life occurred.”
	www.coastguardassoc.demon.co.uk /rescueaward.html (476 words)

	UK National Audit Office press notice - HM Coastguard: Civil Maritime Search and Rescue (20 February 1998)
		HM Coastguard has progressively improved VHF radio coverage so that by 1997 it included 95 per cent of the UK coast out to 30 nautical miles.
		HM Coastguard’s current performance indicators could be improved to provide a better picture of its own capability and response performance, and that of the UK civil maritime search and rescue service as a whole;
		Of this, around £48 million was spent by HM Coastguard, which is funded by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
	www.nao.org.uk /pn/9798544.htm (1044 words)

	Mallaig Lifeboat log for 2002
		Friday 1st March: HM Coastguard requested the launch of the Lifeboat at 16.19 to transport a 3 year old child and its mother from the Isle of Muck to the mainland for emergency medical treatment.
		HM Coastguard reported to Lifeboat, which was on exercise at the time, that the 9 metre motor sailer Green Flash was making water at the north end of the Island of Muck.
		HM Coastguard requested launch of Lifeboat at 11.20 to go to the assistance of the Sulveig, an 8 metre craft which had run aground in Morar River Estuary.
	www.mallaigheritage.org.uk /exhibit/lb2002.htm (2055 words)

	Stornoway Port Authority - SAR Facilities
		Her Majesty's Coastguard (part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency) is responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of maritime search and rescue on the coastline, cliffs and waters surrounding the United Kingdom.
		HM Coastguard also has a long range Search and Rescue helicopter based at Stornoway Airport as well as an emergency tug and a number of Coastguard Rescue Teams based at strategic points around the coast.
		HM Coastguard Stornoway is often used to co-ordinate the rescue and/or assistance for vessels of other nations when difficulties arise and can provide a link for medical advice on MF and VHF radio.
	www.stornoway-portauthority.com /sar.htm (257 words)

	British Coastguard Records
		The Coastguard Service was originally the result of a reorganisation of other existing services aimed at countering the immense smuggling activity that prevailed during the first quarter of the 19th century.
		Coastguard Stations were equipped with living quarters for married men as well as single quarters.
		Index to Coastguards in the District of Eastbourne from the Censuses 1831-1891.
	www.mariners-l.co.uk /UKCoastguards.html (1534 words)

	GNN - Government News Network
		During 2004, HM Coastguard and the Maritime rescue facilities were involved in 13 incidents which resulted in a fatality.
		Within the HM Coastguard statistics, the single greatest incident type remains decompression illness (DCI), which accounted for 62 incidents alone, and a further 32 were attributed to rapid ascent which may have developed into DCI.
		For the purpose of HM Coastguard records, a diving incident is any reported occurrence involving divers, their equipment, dive vessel or diving activity.
	www.gnn.gov.uk /Content/Detail.asp?ReleaseID=150197&NewsAreaID=2 (565 words)

	Flamborough Coastguard
		HM Coastguard are responsible for safeguarding approximately 10,500 miles of UK Coastline and thousands of square miles of sea.
		Each year the UK Coastguard service co-ordinates thousands of incidents at sea and on the cliffs and beaches of the UK.
		For other coastguard stations along the coast, please search under the general Recreation section.
	www.hull.ac.uk /coastalobs/flamborough/recreation/coastguard.html (103 words)

	Coastguard In Cornwall (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Over one and a half centuries ago the Coastguard officer was not a popular man in Cornwall, a situation brought about by his meddling in the popular and profitable occupation of smuggling.
		The role of the coastguard in more ready manning of HM Ships had tragic consequences when in September 1914 fourteen hundred Coastguards lost their lives in naval actions and many more were to perish.
		A 999 call to the Coastguard where Search and Rescue is needed will lead to a call to the ARCC controllers, their assistants, Air Traffic Controllers and the men and women backing them up will all be working to organise rescue efforts.
	www.destination-cornwall.co.uk /coguard.htm (1494 words)

	Seaton Sluice & Old Hartley Local History Society: Seaton Sluice Volunteer Life Saving Company
		In 1822 HM Coastguard was formed to combat smuggling but also to be responsible for supervision of life‑saving from shipwrecks.
		As early as 1827 a detachment of Coastguards from Blyth Haven was deployed at Hartley and it is recorded that in 1832 Coastguard Philip Foote was stationed with his family at Crag House, Crag Point at the south end of Collywell Bay.
		HM Coastguard was forced to reduce the scale of its activities but the life‑saving companies carried on with their training and drills.
	www.seaton-sluice.co.uk /content/life.html (1183 words)

	House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Sixth Report
		The Coastguard Agency was established in April 1994, comprising HM Coastguard and the Marine Pollution Control Unit (MPCU).
		In 1987, it was involved in 5,563 incidents, compared with 11,667 incidents in 1997, a rise of 110 per cent;[16] in 1987, it assisted 8,867 people, compared with 16,884 in 1997, a rise of 90 per cent.
		We also note the impressive record of HM Coastguard compared to equivalent organisations in other countries, and the equally impressive decline over the past ten years in the cost of dealing with each incident.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmenvtra/31/3107.htm (782 words)

	My HM Coastguards Homepage
		The history of the Coastguard is a strange one which has passed through many phases.
		In A.D. 400 the Roman general appointed as 'Count of the Saxon Shore' employed civilians to patrol his coast to watch and give warning of the approach of the Saxon longboats who were starting to raid the shores of Roman Britain.
		The Coastguard Service came about mainly as a result of a reorganisation of other existing services used at combating the hugely profitable smuggling activities that has been in action during the early part of the 19th century.
	www.hansonclan.co.uk /coastguards_1.htm (997 words)

	Her Majesty Coastguard
		HM Coastguard stoler på samarbeid, profesjonalime og entusiasme hos mange mennesker, både på land, sjø og til vanns, for å kunne bistå 100% i alle viktige rednings- og leteoperasjoner i engelsk territorial farvann.
		HM Coastguard er en uniformert organisasjon som har som hovedoppgave å koordinere all sivil redningstjeneste i engelske farvann, og ca 1500 kilometer ut i N.Atlanteren.
		HM Coastguard har 24 timers vakt på radio, og via 999-nettet på telefon.
	www.dxlc.com /dxn/9705/hmc.html (679 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Yacht mystery in busy waters
		Statistics from HM Coastguard show 350 vessels pass through the North Sea every day, with a further 200 ferry journeys made daily between the eastern UK ports and the continent.
		Spokesman for HM Coastguard Mark Clark told BBC News Online: "With so much shipping in the area, our concern is that it could have been run down.
		Coastguards have asked Dutch authorities to check all small ports in the country for signs of the boat.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/uk/newsid_861000/861566.stm (425 words)

	Safeguarding Lives at the Seaside
		Parents and their children are being warned by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to be Sea Smart this summer as worrying new statistics show that the numbers of potentially life threatening incidents on the UK's coastline are rising.
		HM Coastguard statistics for 2002 reveal that over 13,000 incidents were reported to the Coastguard - an increase of over 800 since 2001.1 Part of this increase is due to the Coastguard's new responsibilities in inland waterways but John Astbury, Chief Coastguard, also attributes it to the growing number of visitors to the coast.
		Tragically, HM Coastguard statistics for 2002 reveal that there were over 320 lives lost - an increase of over 40 fatalities since 2001.
	www.parents.org.uk /safety_seasmart.htm (980 words)

	NHSScotland Emergencies - Guidance Annex I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In other cases the alert will be given by HM Coastguard, either directly or via the police.
		I2 HM Coastguard HM Coastguard is the responsible authority for the initiation and co-ordination of civil maritime search and rescue within the UK Search and Rescue Region.
		I9 Pollution Incidents HM Coastguard, together with its associated Marine Pollution Control Unit, have import functions in response to oil or other hazardous substance pollution incidents in UK waters, and on the shoreline.
	www.show.scot.nhs.uk /emergencyplanning/Documents/annex_i.htm (652 words)

	House of Commons - Public Accounts - Minutes of Evidence
		However the moving of the HM Coastguard Maritime Rescue Sub Centre at Liverpool to a location remote from the area will undoubtedly result in the loss of the local Merseyside knowledge at the new location.
		I am concerned that under the proposed new arrangement HM Coastguard representation on these groups would be severely reduced in number and in seniority levels as the proposed reduced manning levels at Holyhead would actually be required to serve on several other ESJPCs within their sphere of influence.
		The written response to the parliamentary question does state that the closure of the Coastguard station at Liverpool is part of a strategy to further improve the high level of service provided by HM Coastguard.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199798/cmselect/cmpubacc/741/8051315.htm (1905 words)

	The Scotsman - S2 Friday - Is the coastguard all at sea?
		The coastguard was criticised in a recent parliamentary report as being understaffed and overstretched, a claim which the service’s Dave Shaw denies.
		At the Coastguard station at Drummore, an assembly of expectant figures in red and blue overalls and fluorescent yellow jackets brightens up an initially dreich morning as Dave Shaw, HM Coastguard’s sector manager for Galloway, briefs several dozen members of coastguard, mountain rescue and lifeboat teams.
		The agency is still preparing its parliamentary response, but an MCA spokesman points out that the transport committee had accepted that accidents involving vessels had decreased in spite of a large increase in seagoing traffic, and that it was accidents to swimmers and to walkers on beaches and cliffs which had increased.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=870002004 (1427 words)

	HM CoastGuard Tenby - Coastguard Photos and information on the Tenby Team (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HM Coastguard Tenby are a long-established team, based in the seaside town of Tenby, Pembrokeshire.
		The seaside town of Tenby has a long association with the Coastguard, from the old seaside cottages on Caldey Island and around the town, right up to the present day.
		Tenby Coastguard have a good working relationship with the other emergency services in the area, including, Tenby RNLI, Tenby Fire Brigade, Tenby Police, the Welsh Ambulance service and Tenby Surf Life Saving Club.
	www.tenbycoastguard.co.uk (346 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Local auxiliary Coastguards operated the boat throughout the summer and winter, whenever sea conditions were suitable and a crew was available.
		Even though the Coastguard Boat was classed as a patrol boat it was used on a number of occasions as a rescue facility saving numerous casualties during its service at Hornsea.
		Until then Hornsea Rescue is classed and used by HM Coastguard as an additional Rescue Facility.
	www.hornsea.rescue.btinternet.co.uk /rescue/hisory.htm (562 words)

	Eastbourne Emergency Services Display (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Today's Officers of Her Majesty's Coastguard are benefitting from nearly two centuries of maritime experience of their predecessors.
		Many changes have taken place over the years and Coastguard co-ordination centres of the 21st century have been transformed by new technology.
		HM Coastguard's role is now clearly focussed on search and rescue at sea and the prevention of maritime incidents through education and the promotion of safety.
	www.eastbourne999display.co.uk /76495?sessionidkey=sessionidval (224 words)

	Maritime Services (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		HM Coastguard is responsible for initiating and co-odinating all civil maritime search and rescuearound the UK.
		This card is then posted to the local Coastguard Rescue Centre, where it is retained so that information on the boat is on file should she become overdue or in distress.
		Owners should then advise their local Coastguard Rescue Centre, either by telephone or on VHF channel 16, of details of their passage and ports of call.
	www.btinternet.com /~kentnet/sailkent/mservice.html (491 words)

	service records
		Small motor cruiser reported to HM Coastguard to be in difficulties in strong tide in Strangford Narrows.
		Dive-boat observed to be in difficulty by Strangford Ferry and reported to HM Coastguard.
		HM Coastguard contacted vessel but unable to confirm nature of difficulty and up-to-date position of vessel due to persons on board unable to speak English.
	www.portaferrylifeboat.com /services/service.htm (5861 words)

	Custom Whiteboards Case Study - made to measure service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 2003 HM Coastguard is still using a printed board supplied by Magiboards in 1993.
		HM Coastguard, Milford Haven still using a custom board printed and supplied to the Coastguards design by Magiboards in 1993.
		"The board is an important asset to the HM Coastguard and has been used for a number of major incidents".
	www.magiboards.co.uk /custom-whiteboards/case-study.htm (202 words)

	Isle of Barra Coastguard
		In 1925 the Coastguard Act was passed as the 100th Anniversary of the formation of the Coast Guard had just been celebrated and a major reorganization was made.
		In 1966 the role of the Coastguard was thoroughly examined by a working group which noted that there was a big increase in the number of pleasure boat incidents also incidents involving bathers and cliff climbers.
		In 1994 HM Coastguard became an executive agency of the Department of Transport and in 1998 became an integral part of the Marine Coastguard Agency.
	www.isleofbarra.com /history.html (1633 words)

	U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Division 3, 1NR Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Coastguard Rescue Teams around the United Kingdom are all manned by Auxiliaries.
		HM Coastguard forms part of the UK Emergency Services available by dialing 999 on any telephone.
		There are a few Coastguard Boats distributed around the coast.
	www.uscgaux01303.org /hmcg.html (402 words)

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