Save Shetland Coastguard Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/save-shetland-coastguard.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:15 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Douglas Leask [Signature #2739] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9991444?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:22:10 UTC 9991444 Catherine Gerrard [Signature #2738] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9991127?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:36:54 UTC 9991127 mrs Ruth PEACE [Signature #2737] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9990511?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:56:33 UTC 9990511 mr EAN PEACE [Signature #2736] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9990493?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Mar 2011 02:52:55 UTC 9990493 Irene Bray [Signature #2735] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9989455?utm_medium=rss Mon, 14 Mar 2011 10:22:22 UTC 9989455 Mrs Jacqueline Brown [Signature #2734] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9987564?utm_medium=rss Absolutely ridiculous to close this station, this is peoples lives that are at risk. My father was a fisherman for approx 40 years in the North Sea and thus I know how essential the coastguard station in Shetland is.

]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:45:14 UTC 9987564 Mr Richard I Thompson [Signature #2733] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9968933?utm_medium=rss Sun, 13 Mar 2011 07:01:57 UTC 9968933 Hilary Thompson [Signature #2732] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9968446?utm_medium=rss We live right on the shore of Widewall Bay. My husband has a small boat and likes to fish in his spare time. I am very conscious of the local knowledge required of Orkney's complex shoreline and seas to be able to effect emergency assistance in as short a time as possible. High tech communication systems can fail!!

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 06:13:41 UTC 9968446 Cathy Feeny [Signature #2731] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9968138?utm_medium=rss To make any changes to the Shetland Coastguard would be highly irresponsible and an abslute disgrace.

]]> Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:47:43 UTC 9968138 mr andrew robertson [Signature #2730] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9951615?utm_medium=rss being an x fisherman, i feel strongly that all coastgaurd stations should be helped not closed

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 11:04:29 UTC 9951615 mrs Janey Thomas [Signature #2729] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9950706?utm_medium=rss I live in Orkney, the Shetland coastguard has been called in many emergencies. Without their prompt response tradgedies could well have occured. In addition, they have provided helicopter transport to hospital when the weather was too severe for the air ambulance to attend. They must be retained.

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:05:34 UTC 9950706 mr Robert Sainsbury [Signature #2728] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9950643?utm_medium=rss I live in Orkney and am reassured by the fact that there is a coastguard presence in Shetland. They have been called many times in emergencies which have illustrated how necessary they are.

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 10:00:58 UTC 9950643 Nigel Harding [Signature #2727] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9950238?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:34:02 UTC 9950238 Mr David Leask [Signature #2726] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9947016?utm_medium=rss Time that the government woke up and realised that putting lives at risk to make minimal budget savings is not the way forward. I'm sure that the wealthy (again)banking sector would find a few quid spare to help fund the necessary coustguard stations.

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:25:10 UTC 9947016 Mr Iain Shields [Signature #2725] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9946511?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:04:55 UTC 9946511 Mr James Simison [Signature #2724] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9946479?utm_medium=rss Fri, 11 Mar 2011 03:00:38 UTC 9946479 Mr Chris Webb [Signature #2723] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9946381?utm_medium=rss Cant stress enough the importance of saving this valuable service to an already under resourced service in the Northern Isles. Orkney previously lost its Coastguard station due to re-structuring and cuts so to lose another station is not acceptabl

]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:47:50 UTC 9946381 MS FIONA WILSON [Signature #2722] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9935397?utm_medium=rss We need the Shetland Coastguard Station because we have already lost our one in Orkney.

]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 12:15:49 UTC 9935397 Miss Andrea Spence-Jones [Signature #2721] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9906959?utm_medium=rss Losing the Coastguard around such unpredicatable waters is a dangerous response to a financial downturn brought about by the banking sector. The Government need to stop paying further bonuses in banking and accept the diversity of the types of public sector services needed across the UK. We are an island. Go figure!

]]> Wed, 9 Mar 2011 10:02:06 UTC 9906959 Mrs Bev Haigh [Signature #2720] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9900703?utm_medium=rss Wed, 9 Mar 2011 02:19:20 UTC 9900703 Anonymous [Signature #2719] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9864630?utm_medium=rss Mon, 7 Mar 2011 04:25:10 UTC 9864630 Mr John Lockey [Signature #2718] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9855005?utm_medium=rss Important service that must not be closed or moved.

]]> Sun, 6 Mar 2011 01:49:49 UTC 9855005 miss kathryn fullerton [Signature #2717] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9842628?utm_medium=rss Sat, 5 Mar 2011 09:57:13 UTC 9842628 Maureen Rimmer [Signature #2716] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9836010?utm_medium=rss An absolutely essential provision. It should not be something even this government is considering. The same applies to the Liverpool coastguard station.

]]> Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:54:51 UTC 9836010 Mrs. Jennie Baines [Signature #2715] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9831103?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 04:06:05 UTC 9831103 Mr Richard Baines [Signature #2714] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9831073?utm_medium=rss Fri, 4 Mar 2011 04:03:55 UTC 9831073 Mr Anonymous [Signature #2713] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9823377?utm_medium=rss Surely this service must remain 100% 24/7 as incidents require attention 24/7. People do not call regarding matters that can wait.

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:33:18 UTC 9823377 Mr Niall Cruickshank [Signature #2712] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9821861?utm_medium=rss Many local topographical features, well-known to mariners aren't on maps - you can't google them. Also, local pronunciations often bear no resemblance to map names eg would an Aberdonian know that 'Queetlie' appears as 'Whitelaw' on the map?

]]> Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:04:29 UTC 9821861 Mr Angus Nicol [Signature #2711] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9814762?utm_medium=rss As a sea kayak leader taking visitors out on shetland coastal waters I consider the local coast guard a vital 24 hr service

]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2011 04:22:52 UTC 9814762 Mr Anonymous [Signature #2710] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9813837?utm_medium=rss Wed, 2 Mar 2011 02:48:08 UTC 9813837 mr laurence paton [Signature #2709] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9801786?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 08:38:43 UTC 9801786 Ms Ruth Brownlee [Signature #2708] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9799624?utm_medium=rss Tue, 1 Mar 2011 03:07:20 UTC 9799624 Dr JoAnn Hay [Signature #2707] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9787189?utm_medium=rss Shetland Coastguard co-ordination centre MUST NOT be closed

]]> Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:43:31 UTC 9787189 Miss Elaine Hunter [Signature #2706] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9786615?utm_medium=rss Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:19:03 UTC 9786615 Mr Friedrich Manson [Signature #2705] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9772181?utm_medium=rss We need to save our Coastguard Stations around Britain.

This proposal is madness with such a loss of local knowledge in all areas, which will be difficult to replace!

God forbid there's a major tragedy and many Lives are lost!

Who will stand up and take the blame for all of these cut backs then????

There needs to be some rational thought given to this before it's too late!!

]]> Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:49:16 UTC 9772181 Ms Lorenza Brighenti [Signature #2704] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9763845?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:02:15 UTC 9763845 Miss Linda Bannister [Signature #2703] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9761285?utm_medium=rss Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:05:54 UTC 9761285 sara moreton [Signature #2702] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9754905?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:38:22 UTC 9754905 MRS JULIE COLVIN [Signature #2701] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9748809?utm_medium=rss Wed, 23 Feb 2011 03:59:09 UTC 9748809 June Porter [Signature #2700] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9744829?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:54:21 UTC 9744829 mrs Katrina Byers [Signature #2699] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9742990?utm_medium=rss Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:42:48 UTC 9742990 DR Angus Rickman [Signature #2698] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9742798?utm_medium=rss Having been involved in a rescue I can vouch for the necessity of the Coastguard listening stations. We are a maritime country historically and to forget that some of us are at the mercy of the sea is a failure.

]]> Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:25:42 UTC 9742798 Mr Hector Sutherland [Signature #2697] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9734359?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:32:55 UTC 9734359 mr george alexander stove [Signature #2696] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9733985?utm_medium=rss Mon, 21 Feb 2011 02:01:48 UTC 9733985 Mrs Sarah Kachel [Signature #2695] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9727617?utm_medium=rss I worked at Shetland Coastguard as Watch Manager for many years. It is IMPERATIVE that this station stays open 24/7. No-one outside the Northern Isles can appreciate the severity of their weather, even during summer months. Incidents requiring immediate response do not confine themselves to office hours. The closure of this station would be utter madness. The consequent loss of life seems inevitable. MCA should ponder this motto - Think of the Public Inquiry and work backwards. Now think again.

]]> Mon, 21 Feb 2011 05:36:47 UTC 9727617 ms clare montgomery [Signature #2694] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9723152?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:26:06 UTC 9723152 Mrs Miriam Wynd [Signature #2693] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9722370?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:57:59 UTC 9722370 Louise Holdsworth [Signature #2692] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9721591?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:30:19 UTC 9721591 Capt. Robert D Adams [Signature #2691] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9721381?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 12:06:00 UTC 9721381 miss sophie anderton [Signature #2690] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9721149?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:42:27 UTC 9721149 Mr Rik Hammond [Signature #2689] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9721113?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:37:05 UTC 9721113 Lou Pooley [Signature #2688] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9721067?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:32:03 UTC 9721067 Mr Raymond Stewart [Signature #2687] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720904?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:16:16 UTC 9720904 Mrs Maureen Stewart [Signature #2686] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720887?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:15:14 UTC 9720887 mrs Gillian Kerbyson [Signature #2685] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720874?utm_medium=rss I travel to shetland regularly by plane and ferry. I have been there when the coast gaurd service has been needed. As shetland is an island it needs the protection of the coast gaurd to help those in danger. It is lunacy to move it, we need to protect shetland and those who live there, work in it s waters and visit it. Why endanger lives in the name of saving a pound or two, utter madness.

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:13:46 UTC 9720874 Mrs Laura Stark [Signature #2684] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720758?utm_medium=rss Closing of this station will be an absolute disaster for the Shetland Islands as well as the outlying ocean!

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:01:06 UTC 9720758 Mrs Andrea Dobson [Signature #2683] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720524?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:29:20 UTC 9720524 Mr Bo Hilsted [Signature #2682] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9720317?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 09:59:11 UTC 9720317 Mr Duncan Goulder [Signature #2681] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9718368?utm_medium=rss This is just plain daft. Does the minister responsible know where Shetland is?

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:21:02 UTC 9718368 Ms Joan Brindle [Signature #2680] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9718215?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Feb 2011 04:56:09 UTC 9718215 Mr Chris Turner [Signature #2679] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9717581?utm_medium=rss We, (the public) need our Coastguards, the people with knowledge of the sea & the coast. The people that have served time at sea or around the sea, know their job & their area well.
I think we will regret all these cuts, the Government are going too heavy, too quick, it will cost lives & more money in the end.
Chris

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:07:48 UTC 9717581 Mr Kenneth Anderson [Signature #2678] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9715456?utm_medium=rss Being familiar with the waters around both Shetland, Orkney and the North of Scotland, I know how dangerous these can be. For the protection of all seafarers in the area, 24 hour Coastguard Service with local knowledge is essential

]]> Sat, 19 Feb 2011 04:34:37 UTC 9715456 Luise Valentiner [Signature #2677] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9713369?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:48:41 UTC 9713369 Anonymous [Signature #2676] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9712916?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:53:32 UTC 9712916 Mr Paul Johnston [Signature #2675] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9706731?utm_medium=rss Please, please, please sign this petition. Just remember they count survival time in the North Sea in minutes.........

]]> Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:16:28 UTC 9706731 Mr John Smith [Signature #2674] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9706656?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:07:40 UTC 9706656 Mr James Cree-Hay [Signature #2673] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9704046?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:38:10 UTC 9704046 Mr Paul Morrison [Signature #2672] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9702994?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 09:47:46 UTC 9702994 Mr Osian Roberts [Signature #2671] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9702398?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:54:21 UTC 9702398 MR Stephen Gareth Roberts [Signature #2670] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9702188?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:32:57 UTC 9702188 Mr Bill ELIOT [Signature #2669] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9701524?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:17:45 UTC 9701524 Mrs Kay Mowat [Signature #2668] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9700147?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:32:26 UTC 9700147 Mr Gary Mowat [Signature #2667] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9700134?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:31:05 UTC 9700134 Mr Robert Burns [Signature #2666] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9699621?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:30:36 UTC 9699621 Miss Anne Johnson [Signature #2665] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9699509?utm_medium=rss Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:18:26 UTC 9699509 Steve Grubb [Signature #2664] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9697063?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:58:49 UTC 9697063 mr ian leask [Signature #2663] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9696418?utm_medium=rss been on the lerwick lifeboat for over 20year,so think i know how important the lerwick coastguard is to shetland,and hope it stays that way.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:24:40 UTC 9696418 Mr Bryan Allan [Signature #2662] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9695348?utm_medium=rss With so many islands, such a rugged coastline and very changeable weather, Scotland needs all it's coast guard stations. Keep Shetland safe, keep Shetland coastguard.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:35:29 UTC 9695348 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #2661] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9692491?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 10:33:44 UTC 9692491 Mr Peter Walker [Signature #2660] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9688292?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:30:11 UTC 9688292 Ms Ivanna Brown [Signature #2659] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9687341?utm_medium=rss Thu, 17 Feb 2011 04:08:21 UTC 9687341 Mr David Hopwood [Signature #2658] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9685695?utm_medium=rss The perfect storm of severe weather, cancelled ferries and planes and a loss of communication with the mainland will cost lives.

]]> Thu, 17 Feb 2011 02:26:05 UTC 9685695 Mrs Philippa Drummond-arnot [Signature #2657] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9682320?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:28:15 UTC 9682320 Anonymous [Signature #2656] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9681566?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:25:24 UTC 9681566 Ms Lynne Gray [Signature #2655] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9677489?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 12:06:57 UTC 9677489 Captain Donald Hellier [Signature #2654] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9676233?utm_medium=rss Retired Master Mariner, Ex Pilot 31 yrs, 12 yrs Hon Sec RNLI

]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 11:00:03 UTC 9676233 Mr Richard Webb [Signature #2653] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9673730?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:46:20 UTC 9673730 Mr Alexander Leith [Signature #2652] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9673554?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:34:00 UTC 9673554 Miss Karen Allan [Signature #2651] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9673234?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:11:28 UTC 9673234 Mr Charles James Norval Young [Signature #2650] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9671972?utm_medium=rss It is essential various coast guard stations are kept open especially near to dangerous waters which are busy with shipping and fishing

]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:36:06 UTC 9671972 Miss Arlena Stevens [Signature #2649] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9671662?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:09:00 UTC 9671662 Mr Heath Turck [Signature #2648] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9670929?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 05:01:20 UTC 9670929 Mr Les Stevens [Signature #2647] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9670879?utm_medium=rss Lives WILL be lost

]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:56:44 UTC 9670879 mrs Heather Awcock [Signature #2646] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9670775?utm_medium=rss Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:47:57 UTC 9670775 Mr Mark Stevens [Signature #2645] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9670337?utm_medium=rss I am a seafarer in the North Sea and an ex Coastguard and I wholeheartedly support this campaign

]]> Wed, 16 Feb 2011 04:10:15 UTC 9670337 Mrs Jean Thornton [Signature #2644] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9665855?utm_medium=rss Coastguards are a vital addition to the emergency services and should be treated as such.

]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 04:52:18 UTC 9665855 Mr Mark Alford [Signature #2643] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9663378?utm_medium=rss This is an essential service that must be kept in place. Lives count on it.

]]> Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:38:40 UTC 9663378 Mrs Valerie Riddell [Signature #2642] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9662271?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:13:09 UTC 9662271 Mr James Smythe [Signature #2641] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9655964?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 03:27:31 UTC 9655964 Mr Andrew Alcock [Signature #2640] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/9655495?utm_medium=rss Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:44:08 UTC 9655495