Dinny McGinley
Question:124 Mr. McGinley asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of search and rescue missions carried out by the north-west unit, since its establishment to date. [24699/03]
Written Answers. - Search and Rescue Service.
The total number of search and rescue missions carried out by the Air Corps in the north-west from 1 January 2002 to date is 555.
A breakdown of these is as follows:
|
Search and Rescue (SAR) |
284 |
|
Air Ambulance |
59 |
|
Island Medevac i.e evacuate from island to hospital |
107 |
|
Island Relief i.e island to mainland |
22 |
|
Miscellaneous i.e demonstration, pollution patrol, etc. |
83 |
|
Total |
555 |