A Voice from the Eastern Door
A Voice from the Eastern Door
With a command person on land, three US Coast Guard members assess the emergency situation and prepare themselves for action.
The Coast Guard stand ready to pull in their team member as rescuer as Adrian McDonald is up to his arms in the frozen St. Regis River.
Performing a two-man, two-rescue team operation, the Coast Guard team and HAVFD firefighters work together.
Using almost identical equipment, the Coast Guard team pulls in a HAVFD firefighter.
Members of the US Coast Guard, stationed in Alexandria Bay joined forces with the Hogansburg Akwesasne Volunteer Fire Station in Akwesasne to review and practice ice water rescue training procedures and practices. Four US Coast Guard members joined over 25 men and women in Akwesasne at the HAVFD Station #1 for 2hours of theory and review and spent over 2 hours at Fred Lazore's riverside residence performing ice rescue drills.
The Coast Guard Station in Alexandria Bay's mission is Search and Rescue, Maritime Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, Ice Rescue, Recreational Boating Safety, Drug and Alien Migrant Interdiction, Military Readiness and Environmental Response. Their area of responsibility is from Cape Vincent up to St. Lawrence River to Massena to the International Border.
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