Save Humber Coastguard Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-humber-coastguard.html Online petition signatures en-us Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:22 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition CHARLES PATTERSON [Signature #1183] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19518403?utm_medium=rss The safety of Mariners in one of the busiest areas of the East Coast of the Uk is at risk without the Humber Coast Guard who have A vast Knowledge of the area and it has one of the busiest Estuarys in the country to look after. The area is also becoming the Hub for North sea Offshore turbine workboats and this is adding Hundreds of extra weely vessels in and out of the area that is treacherous and cannot be controlled and kept safe from Aberdeen or Portsmouth without Local Knowledge

]]> Tue, 24 Nov 2015 02:46:39 UTC 19518403 Anonymous [Signature #1182] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19518260?utm_medium=rss Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:56:33 UTC 19518260 ANDREW FRANKISH [Signature #1181] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13497771?utm_medium=rss To cut this most valuable public service would be disastrous!

]]> Tue, 7 Aug 2012 09:16:21 UTC 13497771 Anonymous [Signature #1180] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13488266?utm_medium=rss Enough is enough. Please help stop this wanton destruction of important public services.

]]> Mon, 6 Aug 2012 03:16:46 UTC 13488266 Anonymous [Signature #1179] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13485937?utm_medium=rss At what stage are we going to consider that peoples lives are important

]]> Sun, 5 Aug 2012 04:09:08 UTC 13485937 Ian Bain [Signature #1178] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13484928?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:40:27 UTC 13484928 Nick Truelsen [Signature #1177] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13484900?utm_medium=rss As a ships Captain and Pilot I think the plans to reduce the number of stations to two are seriously flawed on safety grounds

]]> Sun, 5 Aug 2012 12:32:14 UTC 13484900 Stewart Hyde [Signature #1176] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13484677?utm_medium=rss Sun, 5 Aug 2012 11:33:33 UTC 13484677 david varley [Signature #1175] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13484538?utm_medium=rss The proposed cuts are utter madness and will cost lives if implemented!

]]> Sun, 5 Aug 2012 11:05:30 UTC 13484538 Robert Tinsley [Signature #1174] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13480242?utm_medium=rss Sat, 4 Aug 2012 02:31:18 UTC 13480242 Michael Hickson [Signature #1173] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13477779?utm_medium=rss Save Our Service this cut will cost life's

]]> Sat, 4 Aug 2012 06:08:59 UTC 13477779 Robert Hayes [Signature #1172] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13211963?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:52:04 UTC 13211963 Sean Atkinson [Signature #1171] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13209691?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:37:24 UTC 13209691 Sean Marsden [Signature #1170] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13209682?utm_medium=rss Another Front Line Emergency Service Suffers!

]]> Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:34:56 UTC 13209682 Edward Travers [Signature #1169] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13209323?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:45:07 UTC 13209323 dawn jones [Signature #1168] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/12576713?utm_medium=rss EG. Save the daily payment of millions to the EU by coming out, then save 100s of lives keeping our coastguard and LB services safe with that money.
The love of money is the root of all evil! Lives come first.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:13:57 UTC 12576713 Ian Eskriett [Signature #1167] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11872683?utm_medium=rss Mon, 19 Dec 2011 09:16:22 UTC 11872683 serge tarrago [Signature #1166] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11715779?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:39:04 UTC 11715779 Ted Gaytor [Signature #1165] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/11423560?utm_medium=rss Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:21:46 UTC 11423560 phil west [Signature #1164] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10880077?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:26:28 UTC 10880077 Alan Pedlar [Signature #1163] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10847345?utm_medium=rss The whole idea seems misguided to me. Local knowledge is invaluable in coastguard operations..

]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:46:14 UTC 10847345 Keith Sharps [Signature #1162] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10795093?utm_medium=rss I have used the services of Humber Coastguard on many occasions. I am sure that Portsmouth and Aberdeen stations are staffed by people equally as qualified and committed as those at Humber. However, I cannot believe that they can have or acquire the same intimate local knowledge essential to provide the best service for the area.

]]> Sat, 2 Jul 2011 03:04:40 UTC 10795093 PAULA WASSERMAN [Signature #1161] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10736100?utm_medium=rss Thu, 23 Jun 2011 04:35:31 UTC 10736100 Jane Birkby [Signature #1160] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10453338?utm_medium=rss Reducing the capability of a vital rescue service, and leaving it without local knowledge is a criminal act, which could mean the difference between life and death.
Think again Minister.

]]> Fri, 13 May 2011 08:50:07 UTC 10453338 lisa cole [Signature #1159] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10405117?utm_medium=rss Fri, 6 May 2011 04:24:54 UTC 10405117 Patrick Skelton [Signature #1158] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10396327?utm_medium=rss As a sailor of a small yacht off the East Coast, I simply cannot believe that my nearest rescue centre might be hundreds of miles away. That's the difference between life and death. many people will die if this planned cut goes ahead.

]]> Thu, 5 May 2011 01:59:19 UTC 10396327 Richard Fox [Signature #1157] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10391812?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 May 2011 03:56:36 UTC 10391812 Loraine Whatmough [Signature #1156] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10391789?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 May 2011 03:52:32 UTC 10391789 Beverley Heath [Signature #1155] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10391764?utm_medium=rss Thu, 5 May 2011 03:48:05 UTC 10391764 Sheli Dobbie [Signature #1154] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10391471?utm_medium=rss I have a very good reason to support the coast guard as my father is one and they play a vital part to all from the land line to the sea! Anyone who goes to the sea side for a day out should be signing this!

]]> Thu, 5 May 2011 02:55:44 UTC 10391471 paul jarman [Signature #1153] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10268380?utm_medium=rss marine accidents occur at night too!

]]> Mon, 18 Apr 2011 04:32:13 UTC 10268380 Andy Cursons [Signature #1152] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10264997?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:38:09 UTC 10264997 Richard Harlow [Signature #1151] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10257482?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 01:32:35 UTC 10257482 andrew butler [Signature #1150] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10247024?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:16:38 UTC 10247024 Simon Pickett [Signature #1149] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10246962?utm_medium=rss Please do not close the station as it is imperative cover for number of small craft that use the sea both comercially and for recreaational purposes.

]]> Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:01:16 UTC 10246962 kev harrison [Signature #1148] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10246870?utm_medium=rss Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:40:52 UTC 10246870 Russell Hunt [Signature #1147] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10238845?utm_medium=rss I would have second doubts about sailing the East Coast if the local coastgaurd was removed, The local knowledge that these guys have is a valuable asset.

]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 12:32:53 UTC 10238845 ray carlisle [Signature #1146] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10238552?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:50:34 UTC 10238552 Anonymous [Signature #1145] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10238238?utm_medium=rss Local people = local knowlege

]]> Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:05:27 UTC 10238238 ross paton [Signature #1144] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10236952?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:13:17 UTC 10236952 stanley day [Signature #1143] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10235111?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:13:09 UTC 10235111 John Andrews [Signature #1142] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10234313?utm_medium=rss Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:14:02 UTC 10234313 Ele Cullimore [Signature #1141] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10231334?utm_medium=rss The Humber Coastguard provides a local service that is vital to all those out at sea in the Humber Coastguard area

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 03:19:33 UTC 10231334 ian taylor [Signature #1140] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10229044?utm_medium=rss There is no saving worth putting lives at risk

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:06:55 UTC 10229044 Steven Lee [Signature #1139] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10228771?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:39:19 UTC 10228771 Rachel Quinn [Signature #1138] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10228709?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:34:37 UTC 10228709 Paul Goy [Signature #1137] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10228450?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:06:25 UTC 10228450 pauline chiverton-simpson [Signature #1136] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10227681?utm_medium=rss All coastal users on land, on the water and under the water need as much safety cover as possible! I believe it endangers lives to cut the service.

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:44:49 UTC 10227681 Anonymous [Signature #1135] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10227659?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:42:43 UTC 10227659 Andrea Riley [Signature #1134] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10227564?utm_medium=rss It is essential that the service is full time and quick response times are equally as important.
Accidents or the need for a coastguard won't always happen by day. Lives could be at risk if cover has to be maintained further a field.

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:34:25 UTC 10227564 Carol McFarlane [Signature #1133] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10227341?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 08:07:49 UTC 10227341 kevin Bryan [Signature #1132] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10226666?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:04:05 UTC 10226666 George Smith [Signature #1131] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10226469?utm_medium=rss Removal of the Humberside station could well put lives at risk.

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:45:28 UTC 10226469 Anonymous [Signature #1130] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10226120?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:14:12 UTC 10226120 Martin Cullimore [Signature #1129] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10225995?utm_medium=rss Safety of lives at sea must be a priority especially with some much more recreational activity taking place on, under & around the sea.

]]> Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:59:08 UTC 10225995 Daniel Taylor [Signature #1128] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10225937?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:54:02 UTC 10225937 Adam O'Brien [Signature #1127] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10225910?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:52:07 UTC 10225910 Gareth Proctor [Signature #1126] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10225636?utm_medium=rss Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:30:45 UTC 10225636 Jean Holder [Signature #1125] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10219926?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Apr 2011 02:17:37 UTC 10219926 ivan thompson [Signature #1124] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10216543?utm_medium=rss Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:24:10 UTC 10216543 Paul Wilson [Signature #1123] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10203100?utm_medium=rss I know the East Coart of England, especially Dogger and Humber areas. However i still have a great respect and fear for the sea in the area. It is imperative that Humber Coastguard remains a 24hr station. There are too many fatalities on UK coasts without closing Humber at night. This is not a question of money its a question of lives. One cannot rely on someone in an office 300miles away with no local knoledge to make an effective rescue. They are not capable.

]]> Sun, 10 Apr 2011 03:16:50 UTC 10203100 Geoffrey Travis [Signature #1122] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10162825?utm_medium=rss I was raised in Filey and know there are many locally named locations around the coast which people in Aberdeen or Dover cannot possibly have knowledge. Lack of such knowledge could mean delay in rescue and loss of life!

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2011 08:41:28 UTC 10162825 Dennis O'Connor [Signature #1121] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10160217?utm_medium=rss MCA proposals to close strategically placed Coastguard stations are reckless and will endanger the lives of coastal users. The proposals have been overwhelmingly rejected by Coastguards, Search & Rescue officers, industry experts, Members of Parliment & the general public. The Government need to step in now and halt this process. The Transport Select Committee intend to investigate the MCA proposals and have invited everyone to voice their concerns to them.

]]> Tue, 5 Apr 2011 02:49:30 UTC 10160217 paul hunter [Signature #1120] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10132063?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 11:59:15 UTC 10132063 Pete Turner [Signature #1119] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10127969?utm_medium=rss Fri, 1 Apr 2011 01:22:38 UTC 10127969 Anonymous [Signature #1118] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125923?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:32:34 UTC 10125923 william cooper [Signature #1117] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10125921?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 04:32:08 UTC 10125921 Martin Wells [Signature #1116] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10119678?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 05:07:31 UTC 10119678 neil rigley [Signature #1115] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10118704?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Mar 2011 03:06:47 UTC 10118704 Jenny Sullivan [Signature #1114] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10108379?utm_medium=rss I can't believe that a service so essential as Coastguard is being in any way diminished.

]]> Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:05:29 UTC 10108379 nicola Blacker [Signature #1113] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10103591?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:38:59 UTC 10103591 Lou Pooley [Signature #1112] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10103129?utm_medium=rss All the UK coastguard stations are vital to the safety or the coastal users, the proposals should be reconsidered.

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:36:08 UTC 10103129 Andrew Kuruc [Signature #1111] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10102953?utm_medium=rss As a member of the Save Milford Haven Coastguard Station and Save Our Coastguard I firmly believe that any Stations closing will not only cost lives but be yet another governmental (emphasis on the mental) cost cutting exercise that will do so much more harm than any good what so ever! We need to act as a united people against this concept. Not only for the Coastguard but for the safety of our coastline and the people who use it!!!!!

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:17:01 UTC 10102953 Rowena Robbins [Signature #1110] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10102918?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:13:49 UTC 10102918 Robin Wells [Signature #1109] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10100145?utm_medium=rss Precious lives WILL be lost..

]]> Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:11:44 UTC 10100145 susan muir [Signature #1108] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10084649?utm_medium=rss I like coming to Bridlington with my family for my holidays and we all have a really good time.

]]> Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:39:51 UTC 10084649 Anne Marr [Signature #1107] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10072227?utm_medium=rss Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:26:18 UTC 10072227 Donna Baptiste [Signature #1106] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10057152?utm_medium=rss I will be visiting Brindlington next week with my partner & daughter (6yrs old). Shamefully, none of us are the best of swimmers, but we all love the sea. As a tourist i'm not sure how attracted I would be to stay here knowing that a crucially valued service for the public, the community & surrounding area is basically being comprimised ........ at what cost??? Peoples jobs, a communities integrity & ultimately someones life. This govenment should be looking after it's own!!!!!!

]]> Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:59:08 UTC 10057152 jocelyn hanson [Signature #1105] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10049329?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:11:11 UTC 10049329 Jack Barker [Signature #1104] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10040424?utm_medium=rss I was an Auxiliary Coastguard in the ops room at Limekiln Lane until I had to leave due to reaching retirement age.
I wonder, have any of these Politicians who want to reduce it to a daytime station ever set foot inside a Coastguard Operations room during a major incident? I doubt it very much. Local knowledge is essential so how is someone in Aberdeen or on the South Coast going to know where to send the rescue services?

Jack Barker Auxiliary Coastguard retired.

]]> Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:51:15 UTC 10040424 Christopher Woodridge [Signature #1103] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10037736?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:53:39 UTC 10037736 Howard Woodridge [Signature #1102] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10037680?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Mar 2011 11:48:01 UTC 10037680 BASIL NEEDHAM [Signature #1101] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10029194?utm_medium=rss As EX Merchant Navy Captain I know how quickly accidents can happen, and help is needed in minutes

]]> Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:52:20 UTC 10029194 sarah kellett [Signature #1100] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10024375?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Mar 2011 10:28:08 UTC 10024375 Ann Storr [Signature #1099] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10022574?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Mar 2011 03:18:02 UTC 10022574 Tony Greenwood [Signature #1098] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10020455?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:15:00 UTC 10020455 alan irlam [Signature #1097] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10011944?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:22:19 UTC 10011944 Tylem Jones [Signature #1096] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10011876?utm_medium=rss It will be a tragedy to close Bridlington Coastguard because many lives will be in danger.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:11:29 UTC 10011876 diane jones [Signature #1095] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10010216?utm_medium=rss what a ridiculous idea i just hope that whoever thought this one up can sleep at night knowing lives would be at risk.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:17:49 UTC 10010216 keneth jones [Signature #1094] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10010180?utm_medium=rss to get rid of this coastguard station would be commiting murder somebody somewhere is sure to suffer

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:13:32 UTC 10010180 Anonymous [Signature #1093] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10000844?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Mar 2011 06:34:46 UTC 10000844 Stephen Pickering [Signature #1092] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/10000233?utm_medium=rss If someone it trapped on the beach by an incoming tide or injured by a fall from the cliffs, can they wait while Portsmouth or Aberdeen decide where they are! Local knowledge is essential to ensuring timely search and rescue response.

]]> Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:59:21 UTC 10000233 Robert Hayes [Signature #1091] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9997910?utm_medium=rss This frontline service cannot be cut

]]> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 07:37:52 UTC 9997910 edwin thompson [Signature #1090] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9997256?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:38:52 UTC 9997256 Peter Moss [Signature #1089] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9997079?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:16:24 UTC 9997079 Anonymous [Signature #1088] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9996917?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:51:48 UTC 9996917 Brian Thompson [Signature #1087] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9996644?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:12:37 UTC 9996644 Anonymous [Signature #1086] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9996450?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:50:14 UTC 9996450 Stephen Palmer [Signature #1085] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9996403?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:45:28 UTC 9996403 Barbara Bayram [Signature #1084] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9986899?utm_medium=rss I believe the castguards do a wonderful job and should be allowed to continue their valuble work. The lifeboat staff too are wondeful. They risk thir lives to help save other lives and they also should be allowed to continue thei valuable work.

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