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i911 helping Coast Guard save lives

First Coast Guard District command center crews, from Maine to Northern New Jersey, have a new tool to help distressed mariners come home to their families after being out to sea.

This is the verbiage of the text message the i911 system sends for mariners to follow to share their location with the Coast Guard. This system was new approved for use across the service. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicole J. Groll

The i911 program allows for watchstanders to use a mariner’s...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/i911-helping-coast-guard-save-lives/

Pacific Workshop Enhances Preparedness For Search And Rescue

Pacific workshop enhances preparedness for search and rescue

A mass rescue operations sea and air search and rescue (SAR) exercise in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii, United States, was just one key element in the 8th Regional Pacific SAR (PacSAR) Workshop (22-26 July). The workshop, organized by IMO in collaboration with the Pacific Community (SPC), aimed to promote ratification of the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, 1979 (SAR Convention) in the region, identify gaps and promote common best practices in SAR services.

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https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/pacific-workshop-enhances-preparedness-for-search-and-rescue/

Ribcraft delivers new police boat to Lowell, Mass.

Located on the Merrimack River in Massachusetts, the Lowell Police Department recently took delivery of a new Ribcraft 5.85 for patrol and enforcement duties as well as search and rescue operations. The new Ribcraft increases the department’s on-water presence and visibility and greatly expands its response capabilities on an increasingly busy stretch of water with good public access, a large beach, collegiate rowing clubs and boathouses, and growing weekend recreational boating activity.

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https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/ribcraft-delivers-new-police-boat-lowell-mass/

Crewmember felt overboard in the sea – Search suspended

Rescuers suspended the search for a 35-year-old man who fell overboard from a container vessel in the shipping channel between Staten Island and Brooklyn, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

An emergency call was received around 8:30 a.m. Saturday from the Northern Jaguar reporting that a crewmember had fallen overboard in heavy seas in the Ambrose Channel while arranging a ladder used for embarking and disembarking pilots, Coast Guard officials in New York City said.

A Coast Guard cutter based in Sandy...

http://container-news.com/crewmember-felt-overboard-sea-search-suspended/

MetalCraft Marine US delivers fire, search and rescue boat to N.Y.

The aluminum boat, with a 2' draft, is the first Interceptor class fireboat built by MetalCraft. MetalCraft Marine US photo

MetalCraft Marine US Inc., Cape Vincent, N.Y., recently delivered the 40’x11’6″ fire, search and rescue vessel Tarrytown VFD to the Volunteer Fire Department, Village of Tarrytown, N.Y. The aluminum boat, with a 2′ draft, is the first Interceptor class fireboat built by the company.

“Based on a modular design concept, the overarching objective was to allow components of the design to be easily moved from one model to another or one size to another and can be reconfigured after the customer’s...

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