Supplementary memorandum by the National
Coastwatch Institution (SAR 14A)
SEARCH AND RESCUE
At our meeting you asked for a list of MCA Watchstations
that NCI could possibly use for coastal surveillance.
Our requests have been in existence for some
time now and I enclose a copy of a list we submitted in April
2002 to MCA, concerning 19 sites with a summary reply received
in October 2002. A long wait!
NCI does not accept that the presence of radio
equipment precludes use of a Watchstation for surveillance. We
have several Stations housing MCA and Police radio equipment,
which operate without difficulty. More Police equipment is scheduled.
We are now told that a Station is leased solely for Coastguard
use. If MCA agrees that National Coastwatch can operate the Station,
the owner is most unlikely to object. This results from our enquiries.
NCI will continue to press this case with MCA
administration, with which we are increasingly unimpressed.
Again, our thanks for your interest in National
Coastwatch; with encouragement and assistance, we will continue
to expand a valuable public service.
February 2005
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