Search + Rescue = Math
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Just how does the Coast Guard find a person in the vast ocean with not much more to go on than a radio mayday call? It takes training, experience and… math. Recently, search and rescue coordinators in the 17th Coast Guard District ventured out of the radio room and into a sixth-grade class to show students [...]
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itCG – Guardians unveil flag before Seahawks game, search for plane suspended, Lake Champlain safety, CGA centennial celebration
Monday, December 28, 2009
The Coast Guard suspended the search yesterday for two men who were onboard a Piper PA-27 aircraft that apparently went down around Plana Cays, Bahamas, early last Thursday. Not long after the men left Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport en route to Grenada, the air controller lost radar and radio contact with them. After searching more [...]
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itCG – 10-foot wreath donated, search for missing fishermen, ice rescue training, top 10 countdown
Thursday, December 24, 2009
You can also watch the above video in the Coast Guard Visual Information Gallery (CGVI) here. Similar to the rescue mentioned yesterday on the Compass, an EPIRB helped save the life of one person off the coast of New Jersey yesterday. The person rescued was on a 38-foot fishing boat with two other people when [...]
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itCG-MSST Seattle returns home, US and Canada search for boater, investigation results released, migrants repatriated, divers in Saipan rescued
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Seattle (91101), returned home Friday after a six month deployment conducting port security duties in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. MSSTs were created under the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) 2002 and are a part of the Department of Homeland Security’s layered strategy directed at protecting our seaports and [...]
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itCG-Rescue awards, runaway barge, posthumous commendation, fisherman search, medevac
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Guardians from sector Hampton Roads responded Friday morning to a runaway 571-foot barge that grounded near a fishing pier in Sandbridge, VA. A Coast Guard crew from the Atlantic Strike Team confirmed that all chemicals on board the vessel are safely contained. Coast Guard and local response crews continue to monitor the barge and are working [...]
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itCG-half mast, helicopter rescue, missing pilot, fuel spill, investigation
Monday, November 2, 2009
Guardians from Air Station Astoria, OR responded to a 911 call and hoisted a man from the Nekanicum River on Sunday. An MH-60 helicopter successfully rescued the boater after his canoe flipped in heavy surf. Thankfully, Guardians arrived in time to rescue the man who was not wearing a lifejacket. Guardians warned that boaters need [...]
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itCG-Cleveland rescue, piracy training, oil spill, survival at sea
Monday, October 26, 2009
The Cleveland Browns were not the only ones who needed a rescue Sunday night. The Coast Guard came to the aid of four people who fell into Lake Erie from a pier near Cleveland Browns Stadium. Guardians from Station Cleveland Harbor launched a rescue boat to retrieve the people from the frigid waters. Guardians urge [...]
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itCG-emergency landing, cleaning up the bayou, boats taking on water, search for missing fisherman
Sunday, October 25, 2009
On Thursday, a Coast Guard helicopter from Air Station Detroit had to make an emergency landing in Alpena, Michigan, while on its way to the hospital to transfer a fisherman who was suffering with heart attack symptoms. The helicopter experienced low oil pressure and the pilots had to land with only one working engine. Story [...]
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itCG-Naval exercises, boater found, fisherman search, Dominican repatriation, buoy removal
Monday, October 19, 2009
Semper Paratus is the guiding principle behind a joint exercise featuring Coast Guard, Navy and Canadian forces along the Washington Coast and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The exercise is aimed at strengthening relationships and preparedness between U.S. and Canadian forces. Story here Yesterday, we reported that a 72-year-old man was still missing [...]
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itCG-paddlewheel boat accident, cliff fall, Lake Pontchartrain SAR
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Coast Guard officials are investigating an incident that occurred yesterday afternoon just north of Louisville, Kentucky, off the Ohio River in Harrods Creek involving a paddlewheel boat. At least four passengers were injured on the Belle of Louisville when wind blew the boat into a docked barge. The Belle did not take on water and [...]
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