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U.S. Coast Guard Thirteenth District

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Press Release

Date: September 21, 2006
Contact: Lt. j.g. Janna Ott
   503-240-9301

    COAST GUARD TO HOST OPEN HOUSE IN PORTLAND, ORE.
PORTLAND, Ore. - Coast Guard Sector and Station Portland, Ore., will host an open house and a search and rescue demonstration at 6767 N. Basin Ave. in Portland Saturday.

Sector Portland, which is located on Swan Island is a multi-mission Coast Guard office which includes 240 active duty/reserve Coast Guard personnel. Mission capabilities include search and rescue, domestic and foreign vessel inspections, pollution response, marine investigations, waterways management, and commercial vessel law enforcement. These missions are routinely carried out every day and positively impact hundreds of thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest. 

Station Portland, co-located with Sector Portland, includes 62 active duty/reserve Coast Guard Personnel who operate the Station's five 25-foot response boats.  Mission capabilities include search and rescue, maritime law enforcement and homeland security in an area of responsibility spanning 127 miles of river .  These personnel are the subject matter experts in river safety, search and rescue, and law enforcement, and perform an average of 200 search and rescue cases per year as well as 600 law enforcement boardings.

There will be activities for children as well as several interactive displays illustrating the various missions conducted by the Coast Guard and Sector Portland. An HH-60 Jay Hawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., the 110-foot patrol boat Coast Guard Cutter Orcas from Coos Bay, Ore., the 100-foot inland buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Bluebell from Portland and a Marine Safety and Security K-9 Team will participate in the event. Personnel from Sector Portland and Station Portland will also be on hand to speak about the above missions and answer questions from the public.

The unit will be open to the public from 9 a.m. through 12 p.m.

The Helicopter Search and Rescue demonstration will take place at 10:30 a.m.

The event is free and open to the public. Parking is free. All adults must bring a photo ID. Media are invited to attend. For more information about the event contact Lt. j.g. Janna Ott at 503-240-9301.

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