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Maritime and Coastguard Agency
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Podcasts for the Maritime Community
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March 2010 - Chinese Lanterns
In this edition: Chinese Lanterns - Delightful or Dangerous? Chinese lanterns may look beautiful as they drift away into the night sky, but for Coastguards and for Farmers they present a real nuisance - for very different reasons. The National Farmers Union have joined with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to get people to think before they launch Chinese Lanters, over the coast, or over the countryside.
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February 2010 - Sikorsky S92 Helicopters in Scotland
Sikorsky S92 helicopters are now being used by the UK Coastguard, under contract, for search and rescue in Scotland. The Coastguard has been using S92s since 2007 and they?re proving to be fast, reliable and advanced. Crew members talk about the extreme conditions in which these helicopters can operate, about their accurate instrumentation, and about how the S92s have helped them improve operations. Watch out for more S92 search and rescue helicopters around the UK coast.
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December 2009 - UK Ship Register
In this podcast we take a look at the UK Ship Register, part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. The UK Ship Register is one of the best performing flags in the major Port State Control regimes with a reputation for maintaining the highest international standards. For the full 9 minute UKSR film, go to http://www.vnrs.co.uk/mca/video/uksr.wmv
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November 2009 - Lifejackets
In this podcast Lifejackets. Between 1992 and 2006 82 fishermen died after falling overboard. In 2009 alone there were a further 9 fatalities involving fishermen. We take a look at a couple of incidents, unfortunetely not the results you'd hope for.
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October 2009 - The extraordinary Spinningdale Rescue Podcast
In this podcast the extraordinary Spinningdale rescue ... Ged Yeates, an independent film producer from the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, has just produced a documentary for an international conference on emergency responses to major incidents in remote areas of northern Europe.
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September 2009 - Hydrographic Survey Podcast
In this podcast how the MCA surveys the seabed around our coast using the latest available technology, making seafaring safer and revealing extraordinary new landscapes.
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August 2009 - Coastguard Rescue Officers - Search Rescue
Coastguard Rescue Officers are volunteers who serve HM Coastguard. They give their time and skills to provide a coastal emergency response service. In this podcast we see a team putting their training to use in a search rescue exercise.
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July 2009 - Coastguard Rescue Officers - Mud Rescue
Coastguard Rescue Officers are volunteers who serve HM Coastguard. They give their time and skills to provide a coastal emergency response service. In this podcast we see a team putting their training to use in a mud rescue exercise.
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Special - Tesco UK and Her Majesty's Coastguard Work Together in Awareness Partnership
Tesco UK and Her Majesty's Coastguard have developed a partnership to promote 'Dial 999 and ask for the Coastguard if you spot anyone in trouble, on the beaches, cliffs and seas around our coastline.'
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June 2009 - Coastguard Rescue Officers - Rope Rescue
Coastguard Rescue Officers are volunteers who serve HM Coastguard. They give their time and skills to provide a coastal emergency response service. In this podcast we see a team putting their training to use in a rope rescue exercise.
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