Coast Guard holds annual search and rescue exercise off Maui

Coast Guard holds annual search and rescue exercise off Maui
The Coast Guard and their Maui County partners conduct a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Maui, Hawaii, Dec. 2, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West) HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department, Maui County Police Department, Maui County Emergency Medical Services, American Medical Response, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services conducted a search...

Coast Guard medevacs boater near Pensacola, Florida

Coast Guard medevacs boater near Pensacola, Florida
Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat-Small File Photo NEW ORLEANS–The Coast Guard medevaced an injured boater Saturday near Pensacola Bay, Florida. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Pensacola received a call at approximately 2 p.m. from a 911 operator relaying a man had been struck by a propeller near Pensacola Bay, Florida. Watchstanders coordinated with local emergency medical services personnel...

Coast Guard, Maui County partners hold annual response exercise off Maui

Coast Guard, Maui County partners hold annual response exercise off Maui
A Coast Guard Station Maui 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew launch during a search and rescue exercise off Maui, Oct. 24, 2019.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West) HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Maui County Fire Department, Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, Maui County Emergency Medical Services, American Medical Response, and Maui County Police Department conducted...

Coast Guard searching for a person in the water near Alligator Point, Florida

Coast Guard searching for a person in the water near Alligator Point, Florida
Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission are searching for a person in the water near Alligator Point, Florida, Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 6 p.m. Sunday, from FWC that they discovered a partially submerged...

Coast Guard, local agency searching for two possible people in the water

Coast Guard, local agency searching for two possible people in the water
Coast Guard Station New Orleans 25-Foot Response Boat-Small file photo NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for two possible people in the water in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report from a towing vessel of an overturned 10-foot camouflage flat boat in Lake Pontchartrain approximately one nautical mile east of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway,...

Coast Guard, partner agency search for people in water near Caesar’s Creek

Coast Guard, partner agency search for people in water near Caesar's Creek
A capsized 20-foot boat floats in the water near Caesar’s Creek, Florida, Sept. 05, 2018. (Coast Guard Photo) MIAMI — The Coast Guard and the Biscayne National Park Service are searching for possible people in the water Wednesday after a boat capsized near Caesar’s Creek. Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders received a report from a good Samaritan of a capsized 20-foot vessel at approximately...

Coast Guard aircrew medevacs 2 near Friday Harbor, Washington

Coast Guard aircrew medevacs 2 near Friday Harbor, Washington
Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo by Chief Petty Officer David Mosley SEATTLE – A Coast Guard aircrew medically evacuated two boaters from Friday Harbor, Sunday night, after they sustained severe injuries when their vessel ran aground. The Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles aircrew, aboard an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter, transported the two from Friday Harbor to Harbor...

Coast Guard, local agencies search for a person in the water near Perdido Bay

Coast Guard, local agencies search for a person in the water near Perdido Bay
Coast Guard 25-foot Response Boat-Small File Photo NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is searching for a person in the water near Perdido Bay, Alabama. Coast Guard Station Pensacola received a report from Escambia County Sheriff’s Office of a 20-foot pontoon boat that was beached near Ono Island at 7:19 p.m., Sunday. Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission located a man near the pontoon boat who reported...

Coast Guard rescues 3 high schoolers from Detroit River

Coast Guard rescues 3 high schoolers from Detroit River
25-Foot Response Boat-Small. US Coast Guard Files Photo. CLEVELAND — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three high school students who fell into the Detroit River after their rowboat became swamped by the wake of passing vessels, Saturday morning. The students were members of the Grosse Ile High School crew team and had been practicing near the northern point of Grosse Ile, Michigan while their coach monitored...