Search and Rescue Helicopter Statistics

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this survey

The Department for Transport (DfT) statistics teams are keen to ensure that we are providing the best service we can and meet your analytical needs as far as possible.

We have published these new civilian search and rescue helicopter statistics, and would like to hear what users think. We would be grateful for a few minutes of your time to respond to some questions on this.

The results of any feedback you are able to provide will help us to plan the future production of these statistics, making the best use of resources available. All responses will be treated confidentially.

Alternatively, please feel free to get in touch with us via email to SARH.Stats@dft.gsi.gov.uk or call 020 7944 4676.

Kind regards,

Maritime Statistics Team, Department for Transport, November 2015

1. Questions

1. Why are you interested in these statistics? (please tick as many as apply)

Planning search and rescue services
Planning other services
Analysing search and rescue helicopter activity in specific locations
Comparing search and rescue helicopter activity across different locations
Visualisation of search and rescue helicopter activity
Validating other sources/models
Influencing safety practices
Academic research
Other (please specify):

Please provide brief details to explain further if possible

2. Please indicate the extent to which the various topics covered in the release are, or may be, of interest for your work

	High interest	Some interest	No interest
Tasking category (search, rescue/recovery, support, etc)	Tasking category (search, rescue/recovery, support, etc) High interest	Tasking category (search, rescue/recovery, support, etc) Some interest	Tasking category (search, rescue/recovery, support, etc) No interest
Location (note - specific geographies to be covered in Question 5)	Location (note - specific geographies to be covered in Question 5) High interest	Location (note - specific geographies to be covered in Question 5) Some interest	Location (note - specific geographies to be covered in Question 5) No interest
Location type (maritime, coast, land)	Location type (maritime, coast, land) High interest	Location type (maritime, coast, land) Some interest	Location type (maritime, coast, land) No interest
Length of tasking	Length of tasking High interest	Length of tasking Some interest	Length of tasking No interest

We would appreciate any comments you have on the various topics and how well they meet or are likely to meet, your needs.

3. We have some other data available that you may find useful. Please indicate the extent to which these would be of interest to your work.

	High interest	Some interest	No interest
Time of day of tasking (e.g. 9:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00, etc, or day/night)	Time of day of tasking (e.g. 9:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00, etc, or day/night) High interest	Time of day of tasking (e.g. 9:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00, etc, or day/night) Some interest	Time of day of tasking (e.g. 9:00-12:00, 12:00-15:00, etc, or day/night) No interest
Day of the week	Day of the week High interest	Day of the week Some interest	Day of the week No interest
A different breakdown of tasking category (e.g. splitting up rescue/recovery aborted/not required, etc, in a different way)	A different breakdown of tasking category (e.g. splitting up rescue/recovery aborted/not required, etc, in a different way) High interest	A different breakdown of tasking category (e.g. splitting up rescue/recovery aborted/not required, etc, in a different way) Some interest	A different breakdown of tasking category (e.g. splitting up rescue/recovery aborted/not required, etc, in a different way) No interest

Please enter any comments on the extra data that we have available and how you would like it to be presented.

4. There are various ways in which we can present the data. Please indicate how useful each of the following methods of presenting data are, or would be, for your purposes.

	Very useful	Somewhat useful	Not useful
High level commentary	High level commentary Very useful	High level commentary Somewhat useful	High level commentary Not useful
Maps	Maps Very useful	Maps Somewhat useful	Maps Not useful
Charts and other visualisations	Charts and other visualisations Very useful	Charts and other visualisations Somewhat useful	Charts and other visualisations Not useful
Data tables (spreadsheets containing summaries of key figures)	Data tables (spreadsheets containing summaries of key figures) Very useful	Data tables (spreadsheets containing summaries of key figures) Somewhat useful	Data tables (spreadsheets containing summaries of key figures) Not useful
Open data (larger datasets containing, for example, record-level data)	Open data (larger datasets containing, for example, record-level data) Very useful	Open data (larger datasets containing, for example, record-level data) Somewhat useful	Open data (larger datasets containing, for example, record-level data) Not useful

Comments:

5. Which level(s) of geography / location are of interest to you, in relation to these statistics? (please tick as many as apply)

National level
Regional level
Helicopter base level (i.e. grouped by the helicopter base that responded to the tasking)
Other (please provide details in the comments box below if other geographies are of interest)

Please enter any comments on levels of geography covered, if you have them.

6. Does the quarterly release of these statistics suit your uses?

Yes
No (if not, please specify the frequency you would prefer, and provide an explanation)

7. What type of organisation do you represent?

8. If you have any other comments on any aspects of these statistics, please provide these here.

9. If you are happy to discuss your response in more detail with us, or would like us to keep you updated as these statistics are developed, please provide contact details (name and email address) below.

This information will not be shared outside the team that produces these statistics and will only be used to seek your views on, or provide you with information about, search and rescue statistics.