USCG Pacific Northwest Blog has a great story about last nights rescue of 7 people from Faccett Creek by a Station Tillamook crew.
Last night Coast Guard Station Tillamook, Ore., participated in the rescue of seven people from the flood waters of Faccett Creek. Below is the story of the rescue from a member of the [...]
Posts on ‘November 13th, 2008’
Rescue Crew Talks about the Swift Water Rescue in Tillamook, Oregon
Barge collides with Amesbury Swing Bridge
MERRIMACK, Mass. – The Coast Guard is investigating what caused a 250-foot barge to strike the Amesbury Swing Bridge in the Merrimack River around 12 p.m. today.
Coast Guard Sector Boston received a call at approximately 11: 50 a.m., reporting the barge William Breckenridge hit the Swing Bridge, which connects Newburyport to Amesbury, as it transited [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returns home from successful counter-drug patrol
SEATTLE — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett will be returning to their homeport at Pier 36, here Friday at 3 p.m., from one of the most successful Eastern Pacific Ocean counter-drug patrols in recent Coast Guard history.
Tillamook Fire Department and Coast Guard Rescues 7 People from Floods
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard assisted the Tillamook County, Ore., Fire Department in saving seven people who were stranded after their cars were swept off the road by flooding near Fawcett Creek, Ore., Wednesday night.
Coast Guard Rescues three fishermen searching for fourth
BOSTON – The Coast Guard is searching for a fisherman after his boat capsized approximately 115 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., early this morning.
The First District Command Center in Boston received an alert from the New Bedford-based 71-foot fishing boat Costa & Corvo’s emergency indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) around midnight.