Coast Guard partners with Customs and Border Protection for Irma response

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Sept. 14, 2017 U.S. Coast Guard MIAMI Office: 305-415-6683 786-367-7649 U.S. Coast Guard  PUERTO RICO Office: 787-729-2381 787-510-7923 U.S. Coast Guard TAMPA BAY Office: 727-535-1437 Ext. 2142, 2143 305-965-4672 U.S. Coast Guard JACKSONVILLE Office: 904-714-7606/7607 305-318-1864 Press inquiries: D7CGirmamedia@gmail.com 786-224-7996

Coast Guard partners with Customs and Border Protection for Irma response

Coast Guardsmen and Customs and Border Protection agents discuss operations in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 11, 2017. The interagency team prioritized and tasked flight requests in south Florida in response to Hurricane Irma . U.S. Coast Guard photo.

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MIAMI — Coast Guard works alongside Customs and Border Protection agents in St. Louis, Mo., in response to Hurricane Irma.

Coast Guard aviators and Customs and Border Protection Air Interdiction Agents worked in coordinating flights to support relief efforts in South Florida.

"The partnership between U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and the Coast Guard has been critical in helping provide aerial insight and assistance to Hurricane Irma relief efforts in the Florida Keys, said Capt. Shawn Koch chief of the Coast Guard's Seventh District Incident Management. "The resources and expertise that our DHS partners bring to the table will help expedite the opening of bridges to bring critical resources to the State of Florida especially those in Monroe County and the Florida Keys."

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U.S. Coast Guard Hurricane Irma Response News

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