Coast Guard, local agencies team up in Charleston mass rescue exercise

Photo By Chief Petty Officer Stephen Lehmann | A Mt. Pleasant Fire Department crew get in position to take survivors aboard in response to a simulated boat casualty in Charleston Harbor, Sept. 30, 2015. More then 20 different Charleston-based agencies rescued 90 people during a simulated emergency aboard the passenger vessel General Beauregard. (U.S. photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Soto.)  

CHARLESTON, SC, UNITED STATES

09.30.2015

Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann 

U.S. Coast Guard District 7 PADET Jacksonville   

CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Coast Guard and local agencies in and around the Charleston area joined forces in a joint mass rescue exercise in Charleston Harbor, Wednesday.

More than 90 people were rescue from simulated distress aboard the General Beauregard, a Charleston-based passenger vessel. The 23 participating agencies worked together to ensure the safety of the passengers while sharpening their overall communication and inter-agency cooperation.

The following agencies participated in the exercise:
• The Coast Guard
• The Coast Guard Auxiliary
• South Carolina Department of Natural Resources
• Charleston County Sheriff's Office
• Charleston County Consolidated Dispatch
• Charleston County Emergency Management Division
• Charleston County Rescue
• Town of Mount Pleasant Police Department
• Town of Mount Pleasant Fire Department
• City of Charleston Police Department
• City of Charleston Fire Department
• City of North Charleston Police Department
• City of North Charleston Fire Department
• Isle of Palms Fire Department
• St. John’s Fire Department
• Sullivan’s Island Fire Department
• SpiritLine Cruises
• American Red Cross
• The Citadel
• Tow Boat US
• Sea Tow
• Coastal Crisis Chaplaincy
• Charleston Branch Pilots Association

For more information, contact Public Affairs Detachment Jacksonville at 305-318-1864.

• Date Taken: 09.30.2015
• Date Posted: 09.30.2015 23:42
• Story ID: 177671
• Location: CHARLESTON, SC, US