Fifth Coast Guard District Waterways Management Branch Ice Operations Review November 2013
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Fifth Coast Guard District
Waterways Management Branch Ice Operations Review
November 2013
Coast Guard Domestic Ice Breaking
Executive Order 7521
D5 Hierarchy of Domestic Ice Operations
1.SAR2.Homeland Security Operations 3.Vessels Delivering Food/Fuel 4.Passenger vessels in ferry service 5.Other cargo vessels6.Fishing vessels
District Responsibilities
•Promote Public Awareness•Ice-related Navigational Aid Discrepancies•Asset Coordinator
•Between Sectors•Outside Districts
•Maintain Icebreaking Picture•NIC Satellite Imagery•NWS Forecasting•D5 Ice Website•Sector Broadcasts•COTP Restrictions•Brief District Commander and Up
District Responsibilities
District Boundaries
Sector Boundaries
Ice Breaking Assets: WLB
CGC ELM Fort Macon, NC
225’ WLB
Seagoing Buoy Tender Ice Breaking Hull: No
Ice Capable Hull: Yes
Ice breaking Capabilities:
• 14” at 3 kts
• 36” max backing & ramming.
Ice Breaking Assets: WLM
175’ WLM
Coastal Buoy Tender
Ice Breaking Hull: No
Ice Capable Hull: Yes
Ice breaking Capabilities:
• 9” at 3 kts
• 18” max backing & ramming
CGC WILLIAM TATEPhiladelphia, PA
CGC JAMES RANKINBaltimore, MD
CGC FRANK DREWPortsmouth, VA
Ice Breaking Assets: WYTL
65’ WYTL
Ice Breaking TugIce Breaking Hull: Yes
Ice Capable Hull: N/A
Ice breaking Capabilities:
• capable of breaking ice to 12” continuously
• 18” max backing & ramming.
CGC CHOCKBaltimore, VA
CGC CLEATCGC CAPSTAN
Philadelphia, PA
CGC CLEATPhiladelphia, PA
Ice Breaking PartnersIce Reconnaissance From Above
•National Ice Center (MOA with D5)
•District provides flights coordinated through Sectors•CG provides info from flights to NIC•NIC provides satellite imagery to Sectors and District
•CG Auxiliary over flights•Coordinated through AIRSTA
•CG Air Station Atlantic City, NJ•CG Air Station Elizabeth City, NC
Ice Breaking PartnersIce Reconnaissance From The Surface
• CG Stations• CG Cutters• Baltimore Maritime Exchange• State Dept of Natural Resources• Pilots Associations• Army Corps of Engineers• Commercial Vessels• Commercial Facilities• CG Auxiliary • Local POCs• Other State/Local Agencies
AtoN In The IceSeasonal Aids to Navigations
Ice season poses a threat to aids to navigation (AtoN)
• How do we mitigate?• Categorize seasonal aids with ice
conditions
• Specialized hulls/structures
• Specialized lighting equipment
• Specialized batteries
• Waterway user Input• We always appreciate input from
government agencies and industry regarding our seasonal AtoN performance
D5 Ice Websitehttp://www.uscg.mil/d5/ICE_REPORT/
D5 Ice Website
Telling the Story
•Liaison to D5 Public Affairs
•Briefings to CGHQ and DHS
•Congressional Inquiry Assistance
•Annual Ice Reports—Program Measurement
http://www.uscg.mil/d5/http://www.uscg.mil/d5/ICE_REPORT/ ICE_REPORT/
D5 ICE CONDITIONS WEBSITED5 ICE CONDITIONS WEBSITE
D5 Ice Condition D5 Ice Condition POCPOC
LTJG Tim VeachLTJG Tim Veach
757-398-6298757-398-6298
[email protected]@uscg.mil
Questions?