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Posts on ‘July 3rd, 2008’
Coast Guard rescue planes get equipment upgrade
Good article by Jeff Hampton of The Virginian-Pilot
Already famous for dramatic rescues, the Coast Guard air station now boasts three C-130 aircraft upgraded with new infrared cameras and radar systems to better find distressed boaters on the dark ocean in the worst weather.
The last of the three HC-130J Super Hercules were delivered in May. On [...]
Coast Guard medevacs 3-year-old
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (D5 Public Affairs) – A rescue team from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon, N.C., and a good Samaritan medevaced a 3-year-old child who was suffering from seizures from a 16-foot skiff near the Atlantic Beach Bridge today.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call at 6:31 p.m. stating that there was [...]
Coast Guard currently searching for person in water
BOSTON (D1 Public Affairs) – Several Coast Guard crews and local agencies are currently searching for a 60-year man who fell in the water in the vicinity of Deer Island, Mass., around 6 p.m.
Coast Guard Sector Boston Command Center received a call from a 34-foot Stingray pleasure craft, the Nina Maria, reporting one of their [...]
Coast Guard Has Concerns With Kailua Bay Fireworks Show
HONOLULU (D14 Public Affairs) – The U.S. Coast Guard today told the vendor hired to stage a Kailua Beach Park July 4th fireworks show that serious safety deficiencies in its operational plan have not been corrected and the plan cannot be approved in its current state.
Capt. Barry Compagnoni, the U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the [...]
Coast Guard to Conduct “Operation Safe Tuna 2008″
SAN FRANCISCO (D11 Public Affairs) – U.S. Coast Guard personnel will be conducting safety spot-checks of tuna vessels and encouraging voluntary dockside exams on July 8th and 9th. Fishing harbors where safety checks will be offered are: Crescent City, Eureka, Fort Bragg, Bodega Bay, San Francisco, Half Moon Bay, Santa [...]