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2008 Operations Workshop
Welcome
This seminar is designed to be a refresher of
the basic Surface Operations process
and procedures to promote safety and
efficiency for all patrols
This is an optional seminar although it may
be required at the local level. It is not a
replacement for the required TCT
Refresher course.
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Ground Rules
• This Workshop should be Interactive NOT
a Lecture
– Ask Questions
– Answer questions
– Share experiences
– Share Insights
• Participate
• Participate
• Participate
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Remember
• Safety of all personnel, Auxiliary & the
public, is our first priority.
• Risk Management principles are to be
applied in mission planning and execution
• Know your facility’s operational limits
• Remember to “adapt, not adopt”. Local
conditions will impact the execution of any
mission!
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Changes in 2007
• You must log 12 hours underway
– Crew & Coxswains
– Coxswains can log their 12 hours as crew or
coxswain
– PWC must log their time on a PWC
• Attend a mandatory 1 hour TCT refresher
– Must be completed by 31 December
– If 5 year 8 hour TCT is required, the 1 hour
TCT need not also be completed
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Changes in 2007
• The 4 simple tasks for annual CM have
been deleted
• Check rides will be every 3 years with a QE
• Crew check ride has 15 sign offs
• Coxswain check rides has 17 sign offs
• PWC check ride has 12 sign offs
• Practice these sign off tasks annually so
you are “always ready” for the check ride.
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Check Ride phase in
• Last Check ride in 2004you are due in 2008
• Last check ride in 2005
or 2006 - you are due in
2009
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Our Missions
• Promote boating safety
• Provide SAR response
• Render assistance to distressed persons
in the maritime environment
• Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) - (we
are the eyes and ears of the Coast Guard)
• Provide support as needed by the Coast
Guard
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Promote Safety
• Set a good example for the rest of the
crew and especially the general public
• Don’t ride on the gunwale
• Keep speed to a minimum in close quarter
situations
• Be professional at all times
• Be properly equipped both personally and
for the facility
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Provide SAR Response
• Monitor CH 16 & local CG working channel
• If responding to a SAR case, obtain all info
prior to getting underway
• Operate at safe speed for the sea
conditions and local environment
• Observe all NO WAKE zones
• Do only what your crew and facility are
capable of - safety of crew comes first
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Render Assistance
• Do only what you are trained to do
• Leave medical cases for qualified EMT’s
or seek help from the local ambulance
squad
• Keep your crew informed as to what you
plan to do
• Communicate your intentions to the
disabled vessels master
• Maintain a tow watch for any problems
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Marine Domain Awareness
• You know what is ‘normal’ for the
area you patrol and what is not.
Look for the out of the ordinary.
• Observe and report, do not put
your crew or vessel at risk to
intervene.
• Multi-Mission – MDV, VE,
ATON/Chart Update, Bridge
Inspections
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Provide Support
• Assist local police departments in regattas,
parades, etc.
• DO NOT participate in any law enforcement
activities or imply law enforcement authority
by your actions
• Provide communications relay to other
rescue vessels in your patrol area
• Be the eyes of the Coast Guard for
Homeland Security every time you are out
on the water
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Safety Zone Support
• Operate only in advisory/informational
mode
• You MAY NOT exercise or imply any law
enforcement authority
• You MAY NOT use or display unauthorized
lights, sirens or flags - No Blue Lights
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Responsibilities for Facility
owners
• Mechanical inspection of your facility
annually at a minimum
• Maintain the facility in good working order
• Notify DIRAUX of any significant changes,
or if vessel is sold or dry docked for
repairs
• Abort the mission when any situation
pertaining to the mission may adversely
affect the safety of the facility or crew
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Responsibilities of Coxswains
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Minimum number of qualified crew
Proper uniform
Proper PPE (personal protection equipment)
Facility properly equipped
Orders issues for the patrol
Crew capable of performing the mission
Safety of the crew and mission
Risk management is vital
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Responsibilities of crew
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Be in proper uniform
Have the right PPE for the weather
Be in good physical condition
Use good judgment & common sense when
performing duties (Repeat all commands from Coxswain,
remember your TCT training)
• May have to perform in challenging
situations
• Safety, safety, safety, safety, safety
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Orders
• Assignment to duty
• DO NOT move any Facility
unless appropriate orders
have been issued
• Order numbers shall suffice
as evidence of properly
executed mission assignment
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Liability
• Orders do not guarantee liability coverage
• Legal process bases coverage on a review
of the circumstances and facts involved
• Actions may not exceed the facility
capabilities
• Must not go beyond the scope of the
Auxiliary duties, and training
• Coverage may be denied by the Coast
Guard
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Operational Guidelines
• Remember, we are prohibited from:
– Boardings for law enforcement purposes
– Cannot be part of a boarding team, only a
platform to deliver CG boarding officers
– Investigating complaints of negligent
operation
– Violating any navigational rules
– Creating any situation that would place any
vessel in navigational extremes
– No firearms
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Operational Parameters Communications
• External:
– Must have 2 way
communications at all times
– Maintain a 1 hour radio guard
at a minimum. Your OIA (Order
Issuing Authority) may require this
every half hour
– If communications is lost,
orders may be voided
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Operational parameters Communications cont’d
• Internal:
– Be aware of challenges in
communicating with engine noise
and wind
– Communications may be distorted
– Verbalize the response to the
coxswains orders
– Coming up, coming down, hard
turn, etc.
– Crew - repeat/acknowledge these
commands or informational
messages
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Towing
• Requires a high degree of awareness
• Many potential hazards
• Know limitations of facility and towing
components
• How the vessels are loaded will affect
maneuverability
• Brief your crew and the disabled vessel’s
owner
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Operational Parameters Speed
• Experienced coxswains rarely operate at
maximum speed available
• Excessive speed is attributed to mishaps
• Speed is hard on the body and the
equipment, adds to crew fatigue
• Hard to maintain situational awareness
• Never hesitate to ask the coxswain to slow
down (remember your TCT)
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Operational Parameters
Speed cont’d
• Comfort and safety of crew
• There is No justification for operating the
vessel with a lack of consideration to the
crew enroute to a perceived distress
• Speed must be adjusted for weather and
sea conditions
• Safe speed is prudent seamanship
• Can (and has) cause crew ejection, injury
or damage to boat
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Operational Parameters
Speed cont’d
Office of Public Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District
Press Release
Date: March 25, 2007
Contact: USCG Public Affairs
206-819-9154
COAST GUARDSMAN DIES IN PATROL ACCIDENT
SEATTLE - A Coast Guardsman died from injuries received during a security patrol near Vashon
Island in Puget Sound today.
Two 25-foot fast response boat crews from a Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team were
involved in a security patrol and training mission north of Vashon Island at approximately 2:15
p.m. when a Coast Guardsman was ejected from a vessel. A third 25-foot response boat was
operating in the area and came to the Coast Guardsman's aid.
The Coast Guardsman was transported to the ferry terminal near Fauntleroy Cove for further transport
by ambulance to Harbor View Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
The identity of the crewmen is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. The accident is under
investigation.
Coast Guard security operations have not been interrupted.
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Mishap Reporting
• Report all information immediately via radio or cell
• Call next business day to DIRAUX and your OIA
• Download the Claim form from the Coast Guard
website
• CG will investigate
• Do not repair the facility unless authorized to do so
• Maintain LOG BOOK
• Damage must be linked to identifiable patrol cause
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Local Hazards
Are there particularly tricky or dangerous
hazards in your local AOR (Area of Responsibility)
What are they, have you communicated them
to your crew
Highlight them on your charts for new crew to
easily see
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Bravo Zulu!
Great Job!
Thank you for your participation in
the 2008 Operations
Workshop. Please share your
thoughts about this training,
the format, and/or content with
us!
Bruce Pugh, DVC-OE
Division Chief Operations Projects
and Educational Outreach
Jim McCarty, BC-OEI
[email protected]
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Acknowledgements
Special thanks to past
rear commodore Pat
Ermilio (ADSO-OP, SO-OP,
FSO-OP) from Flotilla 1013 in 1st Southern for
contributing much of
the baseline material
used to prepare this
years workshop.
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