Official Statistics

Search and rescue helicopter statistics: year ending March 2017

From:
Department for Transport and Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Part of:
Search and rescue helicopter statistics and Search and rescue helicopter (SARH01)
Published:
14 June 2017

Civilian search and rescue helicopter activity statistics in the United Kingdom, from April 2016 to March 2017.

Documents

Search and rescue helicopter statistics: year ending March 2017 report

PDF, 1.6MB, 17 pages

Search and rescue helicopter statistics: forthcoming changes to the data series

PDF, 273KB, 7 pages

Search and rescue helicopter statistics: year ending March 2017 tables

ZIP, 274KB

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Details

Statistics on civilian search and rescue helicopter activity in the United Kingdom.

The operational phase of a new contract to provide civilian search and rescue helicopter (SARH) services in the United Kingdom commenced in April 2015. These new arrangements, managed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), have taken over from the previous mixture of military and coastguard SAR services.

In the year ending March 2017:

  • there were 2,594 civilian taskings
  • Caernarfon base was the busiest of the 11 bases, responding to 344 taskings
  • around 60% of taskings involved rescue or recovery
  • land-based taskings accounted for nearly half of all taskings

A summary of the forthcoming changes to the data series is also available, setting out the proposed changes to the production of these statistics and how we are responding to user feedback.

An interactive map showcasing all helicopter taskings during the year ending March 2017 is available.

Ministry of Defence has historically published a National Statistics series on military search and rescue helicopter activity and continued to publish statistics on military activity until February 2016 in line with the broader transfer of search and rescue helicopter responsibilities to the department.

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Search and rescue helicopter statistics

Document information

Published: 14 June 2017

From: Department for Transport Maritime and Coastguard Agency

Part of: Search and rescue helicopter statistics Search and rescue helicopter (SARH01)