Aberdeen and Portlethen Coastguard Rescue Team call outs indexed by year and abbreviations used

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View a chart of all call outs by type (pdf)
View a chart of all call outs by type stacked (pdf)

See below the percentage increase or decrease from the previous years call outs

Our call outs in 2013 View a pie chart of 2013 callouts by type (pdf)
Our call outs in 2012 View a pie chart of 2012 callouts by type (pdf) 73 call outs in 2012 an increase of 93% from 2011	Our call outs in 2011 View a pie chart of 2011 callouts by type (pdf) 38 call outs in 2012 a decrease of 7% from 2010
Our call outs in 2010 View a pie chart of 2010 callouts by type (pdf) 41 call outs in 2012 a decrease of 2% from 2009	Our call outs in 2009 View a pie chart of 2009 callouts by type (pdf) 42 call outs in 2009 an increase of 14% from 2008
Our call outs in 2008 View a pie chart of 2008 call outs by type (pdf) 37 call outs in 2007 a decrease of 30% from 2007	Our call outs in 2007 View a pie chart of 2007 call outs by type (pdf) 53 call outs in 2007 a decrease of 21% from 2006
Our call outs in 2006 View a pie chart of 2006 call outs by type (pdf) 67 call outs in 2006 an increase of 12% from 2005	Our call outs in 2005 View a pie chart of 2005 call outs by type (pdf) 60 call outs in 2005 a decrease of 9% from 2004
Our call outs in 2004 View a pie chart of 2004 call outs by type (pdf) 66 call outs in 2004 an increase of 38% from 2003	Our call outs in 2003 View a pie chart of 2003 call outs by type (pdf) 48 call outs in 2003 a decrease of 25% from 2002
Our call outs in 2002 View a chart of 2002 call outs by type (pdf) 64 call outs in 2002 an increase of 21% from 2001	Our call outs in 2001 View a chart of 2001 call outs by type (pdf) 53 call outs in 2001

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Abbreviations used in call out pages

ARI	Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
AWLB	All Weather Lifeboat
EHLS	Emergency Helicopter Landing Site
EPIRB	Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
EOD	Explosive Ordnance Disposal
FAWGI	False Alarm With Good Intent
FAWMI	False Alarm With Malicious Intent
FRC	Fast Rescue Craft
ILB	Inshore LifeBoat
Medivac	Medical Evacuation (Medical emergencies)
MRCC	Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
PIW	Persons in Water
R-??	Rescue ?? (call sign for helicopter on SAR work)
SAR	Search And Rescue

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