Rescue Services: Scotland
(asked on 8th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coastguard search and rescue helicopters are available for operations in Scotland.
This question was answered on 14th June 2016
There are four Her Majesty’s Coastguard search and rescue (SAR) helicopter bases in Scotland, with a SAR helicopter operating at each base 24 hours a day. The speed and range of the aircraft means that HM Coastguard has the ability to surge up to five Coastguard SAR helicopters to a single incident in Scotland, should it be necessary to do so.