How many people with aviation experience in general and SAR aviation experience in particular will he have working there?
I know of one, who is a good and well experienced chap.
Eric - EUWTD does apply - MCA are not classed as Armed Forces nor emergency services (that is just Police, Fire and Ambulance) as far as I am aware and the 24-hour manning would have to be of a non-sleeping variety.
They tried to impose it on the milSAR but the 'military imperative' card was played.