Coastguard and NHS teams transfer patient to mainland for medical help
Coastguard and health teams worked together to help a patient who needed to be transferred to the mainland for medical support. An NHS retrieval team…
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Community urged to ‘look out for one another’ amid communications blackout
Emergency services have sought to assure the public they are still available despite the communication blackout– and urged people to look out for one another.
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Police declare ‘major incident’ as people urged to make only urgent calls
Severed communication links have sparked problems for emergency calls.
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RNLI responds to reports of medical casualty in Foula
Volunteer rescuers set out this morning (Friday) to bring a casualty from Foula to the Mainland for medical treatment. The coastguard confirmed an emergency call…
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Coastguard evacuates two offshore casualties in one flight
Coastguard officers evacuated two offshore casualties on the same helicopter rescue mission.
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Offshore worker evacuated
An offshore worker has been evacuated for medical assistance. The coastguard flew out to an installation around 60 miles northwest of Sumburgh after receiving an…
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Sumburgh-bound flight declares emergency
A plane bound for Sumburgh airport declared an in-flight emergency.
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Emergency services called to ‘concerns for teenage boy’ beach near Lerwick
Emergency services were called to reports of concerns for a teenage boy this afternoon (Saturday). Police received received a call at around 4.15pm to the…
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Coastguard rescue injured offshore worker from platform west of Shetland
Coastguard officers flew out this morning (Monday) to rescue an offshore worker injured on a platform west of Shetland. HM Coastguard in Shetland received the…
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Coastguard evacuates offshore platform worker for medical transfer at Clickimin emergency landing site
Shetland’s coastguard rescue helicopter team evacuated an offshore platform worker for medical treatment after they became unwell in the early hours of this morning (Thursday). …
READ FULL STORYEmergency services stood down after plane lands safely
A full emergency was declared at Sumburgh Airport shortly before 7pm.
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Golf Charlie suffers second warning light ‘emergency’
A Sumburgh rescue helicopter returned to base for the second time in as many days after developing an engine warning light shortly after taking off
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Crew swaps helicopters to attend medivac
A Sumburgh based rescue helicopter crew had a busy time today, being tasked to an offshore medivac an hour after returning to Sumburgh with their
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