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Protecting our Sea and Shores in the 21 st Century The Future Coastguard
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Introduction The proposals will NOT: change the radio communications network or the 999 arrangements reduce the volunteer Coastguard Rescue Service affect lifeboats and helicopters but WILL: improve resilience share workload make better use of work skills
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Rescue Co-ordination Centres Today We are staffed for peak activity all the time and the current structure does not allow for distribution of workload. One MRCC may be more than 5 times busier than another over a year An MRCC at a busy period can have 20 times more work than another at a quiet time
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Coordination Centres
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Event Workload This shows the annual event workload for typical year at one MRCC This is the event workload at a different MRCC, with the same staffing, skills and resources, for the same year
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National Event Workload
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Proposed HMCG Coordination Infrastructure Two 24/7 Maritime Operations Centres (MOCs) One 24/7 Maritime Sub-Centre (MSC) at Dover Five daytime hours MSCs at Belfast or Liverpool Falmouth Humber Stornoway or Shetland Swansea Continuation of the London Coastguard operation. The future Coastguard is based on a single national network of:
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Preserving Local Knowledge We will use: Already embedded knowledge Modern information systems Our partners in the Community
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Coastguard Rescue Service
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Key Benefits Enhanced safety Better use of our people Better use of technology
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