SO PROUD to announce that our Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani MP has just officially opened our brand new purpose built #HMCoastguard SAR helicopter base at Lydd! 🚁🎉It's great news that this opening also coincides with #MaritimeSafetyWeek Remember #999Coastguard is about #savinglives

Pleased to be a part of this effort to find best practice and make effective use of collaboration between services. x.com/AssocPCCs/stat…

The Team have been busy in Falmouth this week, delivering Major Incident and Civil Resilience training, which included an interactive maritime mass rescue table top exercise.

⚠️Pictured: what not to do⚠️ Please don’t risk your life for extreme selfies crashing over quays, piers, cliffs & rocks. Huge waves can knock you off your feet & out to sea in an instant Don’t take risks, but if you do get into trouble, call 999 Coastguard. #StormAlex #BeSafe

Katharine Hammond, Civil Contingencies Secretariat Director talks strategic representatives through the Cabinet Office Priorities #LRFChairs

Thought provoking and informative agenda at #LRFChairs today. Useful lessons from major incidents presented.

September is #preparedness month! Always be prepared for setting out to sea and have the right training and equipment #RespectTheWater

It takes just 12 inches of flowing water to carry off a car #respectthewater youtube.com/watch?v=S-_w6u… #floodaware #30days30waysUK

2017 National Risk Register available on GOV.UK - our Major Incident Plan recently updated to reflect changing risk gov.uk/government/pub…

On our way to #ESS2017 - looking forward to seeing what's new in all things SAR and emergency planning and response!

Northern Ireland today to discuss #JESIP and major incident plans. #UKCoastguard

Last week we met with civil resilience experts from across the EU to share experience as part of the EU Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid 🇪🇺 Exchange of Experts programme

#ExNeptune2 - testing out multi-agency response in the event of an emergency on River Mersey. Full story here: ow.ly/ncNr30gIyy9

Scotland this week to observe a Counter Pollution exercise and meet with strategic learning and exercising partners.

Great collaborative work going to capture local knowledge... x.com/OrdnanceSurvey…

In lovely Birmingham today for a meeting with emergency services colleagues to discuss collaborative working ESCWG #WorkingTogether

Interesting report on the risks and threats arising from GNSS disruption. HM Coastguard are already assessing risk reduction and mitigation measures to ensure it is prepared for such an eventuality. gov.uk/government/pub…

Already getting some great ideas and insight from ESCWG practitioner day. Use of a project management tool modelled on JESIP by Essex Fire Service staff to engage staff was of real interest! #BetterTogether

Today is the start of the EA national flood action campaign. Are you signed up to flood alerts & warnings within your area? Find out more about how to sign up and what they mean here floodsdestroy.campaign.gov.uk. Environment Agency - Yorkshire & North East City of York Council York CVS - VCSE Sector Support in York Know Your Flood Risk

Remember Joe & Petunia? We do. And fifty years on, we've made a film which shows how much things have changed in search and rescue apart from one thing... call 999 and ask for the Coastguard. Here it is... #JoeAndPetuniaAre50 #999Coastguard