Rescue Services
(asked on 16th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rescues were co-ordinated by the Aeronautical Rescue and Coordination Centre in each of the last three years.
The total number of rescues coordinated across the UK by the Aeronautical Rescue and Coordination Centre (ARCC) in each of the last three years is shown below.
| Period | Total Incidents with Assets Tasked |
| 01 January 2011 - 31 December 2011 | 2,488 |
| 01 January 2012 - 31 December 2012 | 2,389 |
| 01 January 2013 - 31 December 2013 | 2,482 |
Data has been provided where assets were tasked to an incident. This does not include those calls to the ARCC where aeronautical search and rescue assets were not required or appropriate, or the incident was resolved prior to an asset being deployed. Assets tasked include military and civilian rotary aircraft, fixed wing aircraft, and mountain rescue vehicles.