Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: Cruise shipin New Orleans In an effort to safeguard large cruise ships using the Lower Mississippi River near New Orleans, LA, the U.S. Coast Guard has implemented a new rule that will establish a “moving safety zone” around each such cruise ship,…
Coast Guard signals beginning of port cleanup, warns on possible lingering water dangers
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Buoys knocked askew or sunk, channel markers overwhelmed by rising storm surge and other maritime hazards lie in the considerable wake of Hurricane Sandy in ports in New York and New Jersey. The Coast Guard is moving to begin its survey and restoration of…
Coast Guard mounts rescue operation off Carolina coast, declares port dangers
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: HMS Bounty As Hurricane Sandy closed in on the east coast, the U.S. Coast Guard worked to rescue the crew of a ship caught in the storm off the coast of North Carolina and prepare ports for the storm’s impact. Homepage position: …
East Coast emergency management agencies gird for Hurricane Sandy
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Oct. 26 forecast track As the metropolitan corridor between Washington D.C, Philadelphia and New York appears to be the bullseye for what looks to be an inevitable hit from a powerful winter storm/hurricane, federal and state emergency management agencies in the area…
Coast Guard will enforce a security zone on Potomac and Anacostia Rivers for upcoming presidential inauguration
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: Coast Guard exerciseon Potomac River The Coast Guard does not yet know whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will be addressing the throngs who will show up at the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2013, but it does know that in either…
Coast Guard inaugurates extensive water rescue training facility
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training Image Caption: Rescue training pool The Coast Guard cut the inaugural ribbon on the doors of an extensive new rescue training center in North Carolina, on Oct. 19 that has room to simulate a hurricane at sea. The Coast Guard’s newly-opened Rescue Swimmer Training…
East Coast Warehouse expands comprehensive customs exam center
Top Priority Sector: border_security Third party shipping logistics provider East Coast Warehouse & Distribution said it expanded its expanded Non-Intrusive (NII) inspection facility to enhance the capabilities of its Comprehensive Examination Station (CES). The company aims to become a one-stop resource for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs…
Coast Guard pilots face another laser incident
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response A Coast Guard helicopter pilot had to conduct an emergency landing on Cape Cod, MA in mid-September because of a laser light pointed into the aircraft’s cockpit. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on The…
GSA hires Jacobs Technology to oversee move into new Coast Guard HQ
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: state_local_security Image Caption: Rendering of new U.S.Coast Guard HQ As the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC, moves toward completion, the General Services Administration awarded a contract on Sept. 27 to Jacobs Technology Inc., a provider of professional technical…
Coast Guard publishes training center’s first social media page
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training Image Caption: Coast Guard social media team In hopes of preparing future recruits for the rigors of training and to connect with veterans, the Coast Guard’s basic training center in Cape May, NJ, launched a Facebook page on Sept. 12. Training Center Cape May…