Portland Coastguard Helicopter petition

[Drew64]

I have been passed this recently.

I'll leave it up to you to decide to add your name or not ...

> The Portland Coastguard Helicopter is due to be removed from service by the government.
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> Those with an in depth, local knowledge of what this helicopter does know that it saves lives.
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> We need 100,000 signatures to raise this issue in parliament, so far we’ve only got 6,962 and the petition closes on the 23rd August
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> Please sign the petition by clicking:
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> http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/30225
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> Please help to keep the Portland Coastguard Helicopter, don’t forget, they regularly transport people from accidents on land to hospital, not just at sea and are a vital resource in transferring sick patients between hospitals across long distances within the UK.

Thanks,
Andrew & Noeline
PoochPower
Fairline Sprint 21

 

[malpasman]

Done

 

[Seajet]

Signed gladly, even thinking of removing this asset is criminally stupid.

Petition count now well over 11,000 BTW.

 

[Appledore]

Done my bit too. I hope never to use their services, but it's great to know they are there if needed!

 

[Topcat47]

Not enough! More signatures needed. A similar campaign was successful over the proposed closure of Lee on Solent. The additional flying time before the helicopter could begin any SAR task maens tha the search area itself has to be enlarged, coupled to the shortened search time on station occasioned by the need to return to refuel increases the risk to vessels in the Portland sea area.

 

[John_P]

Signature added. - John

 

[Kabadi]

Added my signature

 

[wooslehunter]

Done now over 12k