Media Availability: Coast Guard, Port of Virginia to conduct flare training in Hampton, VA

Media Availability

U.S. Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic Contact: 5th District Public Affairs Office: (757) 398-6272 After Hours: (757) 434-7712 5th District online newsroom

 

Coast Guard, Port of Virginia to conduct flare training in Hampton, VA

 

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads and the Port of Virginia Maritime Incident Response Team are scheduled to conduct flare training Wednesday evening in Hampton, Virginia. 

Media members are invited to attend the flare training on Wednesday at the Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina in Hampton from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

WHO: Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, Port of Virginia Maritime Incident Response Team, other agencies

WHAT: Nighttime flare training

WHERE: In the vicinity of the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel

WHY: To strengthen interagency partnerships and communication, and to improve the life-saving processes and skills required of SAR agencies

WHEN: Wednesday, February 27, 2019, from 6:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Coast Guard Capt. Kevin Carroll, commander of Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads, will be available for interviews, along with Bill Burket, director of Virginia Port Authority Maritime Incident Response Team.

This training is provided to more than 35 law enforcement and fire departments from across the Commonwealth of Virginia that are involved in search and rescue missions. 

Media interested in attending should contact Lt. Steve Arguelles at 860-501-3990 or Norfolk Fire Battalion Chief Harry Worley at 757-618-1384 for more information and to RSVP. 

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