As part of a wider £1.6bn investment in search and rescue aviation, HM Coastguard has opened two new search and rescue bases to support its response over the summer months.
Chief Superintendent Fiona Gaffney, the newly appointed chief of the National Police Air Service, joined Catherine Levin in the podcast studio at this year’s Emergency Tech Show to find out how NPAS works and why they brought an uncrewed aircraft to the NEC.
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