To: Charles Sferra District Commodore First District SR

From: Paul D. Steinberg DCP 1

Report for District Meeting January 14, 2006

The 2005 season for Division One was active on all fronts.

In membership: New Enrollees 24; Disenrollment and Deaths 11; total active members 279; 217 BQ; IO 31,AX 48; retired 20; new retired 12; transferred out 12.

Training is on-going totaling over 228 hours; 134 sessions; resulting in 46+ new BQ’s.

Specialty Courses in all areas totaled 387.

Public Affairs featured over 123 events with attendance in excess of 17,050.

Operations combined missions including safety, regatta, chart, MEP, CG Logistics, Marine Safety, CG Ops patrol totaled in excess of 3,367. Assists 20+; lives saved 27; Property value over $126,000. Perfomed by 61 crew; 42 Coxswain; QE 3. Air Observers 4, Air Crew 2,Co-Pilots 1, First Pilots 3 and Aircraft Commanders 3.

Other missions Adm Support 476, CG Rec Support missions 20, 99 missions 12301.

VE’s 65; marine dealer visitation 10,Fishing vessel Examinations 3, VEC’s Given 812, VEC’s passed 512 +, MD visits 597, Fishing vessel exams 3.

Facilities Surface 54, Air 8, Radio 45.

Public Education: Class sessions 168, PE Hours 352, multi-L courses 21. Conducted by 58+ instructors.

Note: The numbers listed above are via AUXI DATA which, until corrected, are understated.

2006. Plans are underway for OPCOM, elections are complete, Division Staff in place except for two positions (in work), meetings for Bridge to visit each and every flotilla frequently to listen, learn and share ideas how to improve.

Informal (no uniform, etc.) meeting set for Bridge to meeting with all FC’s, VFC’s and Past Division Captains to share information and form up plans for the year 2006. This involves continued effort to meet and share information with neighboring Divisions.

From: Paul D. Steinberg, DCP 1
To: Division 1 Board and Staff

Subject: Captain’s Report for month of February 2005

Division one continues to be active on all fronts. Particular emphasis is focused on several key items to assure that all members are well trained, mentors in each flotilla especially regarding staff officers are helping develop backups in the event a substitute or replacement is needed and those men and women are trained, willing and ready to serve at a moments notice.

Winter Operations has resumed now that the ice has diminished for the moment. Our VDCP Jim Heitz has set up a workable method to inventory and maintain all pertinent equipment with specific ID for each article and a controlled sign out procedure. Assurance that all equipment to be used and inspected including personally owned is a vital adjunct to the program as well.

Our RCOM Dick Mullare is spearheading a long talked about but not totally enacted means to share knowledge, skills, contact information between neighboring divisions, in our case Division 1, 13 and 18. Representatives form each division including Captains, key staff officers such as Operations, Member training and Communications work together as a team. In each division the flotillas share information, ideas and interchange personnel to become more familiar with the workings of each unit. This helps us to be fully prepared to respond to any emergency efficiently with trained personnel without the limitation of divisions boundaries should the need arise.

Included is an effective way to communicate between the air arm Flt 1-6 surface and land vehicles without compromising any and all information deemed classified. IPFC Per Stauffer, 1-6, has been instrumental in this area.

Important benefits also gleaned from the program already have fostered friendship and mutual respect as opposed to a territorial attitude, which tends to be counter productive at times.

SAREX is on top of the agenda and meetings continue to take place to create meaningful trainings exercises working closely with our brothers and sisters at FICG station.

The Emergency Response plan has been updated and fine tuned and our SO/COM officer, Gordon Sammis is in the final stages of developing an updated emergency call out list.

The New London conference is just around the corner and Division One again expects to have a solid turnout.

Division One has its first scheduled meeting set for Monday, January 31, 2005 commencing at 1930 at FICG Station. Prior to and in preparation thereof the following activities are on-going:

Meetings with Station Commander, Mr. Tollefsen to explore how our Division can be most helpful, best things we're doing and other items where we can better serve.

Meeting with IPDCP, Mr. Goelz to obtain valuable counsel (ongoing). Arranging with FCs to personally visit each and every flotilla with VCP-1 Jim Heitz, to Listen/Learn/Plan/Coordinate and develop a Division wide course of action with a strong sense of unity and comradeship. To date the following flotillas have been visited: 1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-7.

Evaluate 2005 staff appointments, discuss with all parties and appoint those who have the best performance records and the time and will to serve. (Note: SO appointment form has been submitted via SO/IS and updates will be sent within the next day or two.

Develop schedule to include but not limited to: OPS Workshop, PE Workshop,SAREX, Possible Call-Out,Patrol Picks, OPCOM meeting, etc.

Follow up on who will be attending the various conferences, etc.

Respectfully submitted,

Paul D. Steinberg
DCP-1 SR

From: William D. Goelz
To: COMO N. Kerigan, 1SR
Subj.: DIVISION 1 REPORT - AMENDED
Division 1 is prepared to assist CG Station Fire Island this summer boating season as follows:
Communications availability

a. 38 total units
b. 19 land facilities
c. 36 mobile facilities (13 of which are 4 wheel drive vehicles)
d. 6 mobile facilities have potable DF capability
e. 3 land facilities have fixed DF capability
OPFAC availability:

f. 64 operational facilities
g. 46 cox’ns
h. 114 crew
i. 3 Air Facilities http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/tinwhistle/tw_bas_2.html
j. 4 pilots
k. 1 co-pilot
l. 3 observers
We have the following Auxiliarists providing Station Fire Island Support:

m. 12 qualified watch standers
n. 3 break in watch standers
o. 1 JOOD
p. 2 qualified Coast Guard crewmen
q. 1 DC assistant
r. 1 engineering assistant
s. 1 Food Service assistant
Vessel Safety Check personnel and preparations:

t. 67 VE qualified persons
u. 18 Stations set for this season – more planned
Public Education personnel and classes include:
v. 55 IT qualified – approximately half of them NYS certified instructors
w. Classes continued to be filled to capacity often with waiting lists
DCP attended the GRUMOR Pre OP meeting held at Station Fire Island to establish readiness for the coming SAR season. Division 1 is ALERT and READY for the 2004 boating season and to assist CG Station Fire Island as needed.
William D. Goelz

From: William D. Goelz, DCP 1
To: C. Sferra, VCO 1SR
Subj.: DIVISION REPORT FOR LAST QUARTER 2003 AND SUMMARY MATERIAL
1. Operations summary:
a. 130 Safety Patrols
b. 105 MDA Patrols
c. 26 QE Missions
d. 15 SAREX
e. 10 BO
f. 00 ATON
g. 9,000 total man hours
h. 61 cox’ns
i. 102 crew
j. 78 OPFAC
2. Winter OP:
a. 10 qualified crew
b. 07 vessels
c. 03 vessels B-1
3. AUXAIR
a. 44 missions
b. 141.4 Mission hours
c. Crew hours 303.8
4. AUXNET Comms:
a. 18 land and mobile COMMFAC
b. 3 disaster event participation – Feb. Blizzard alert, Aug. blackout, Sept. Hurricane Isabel
c. 2 DF EPIRB tracking missions
d. Aug. SAREX COMMSCEN
5. Public Education: 635 graduates from seven Flotillas (393 BS&S, 225 NYS, 17 GPS)
6. VE: 74 Examiners, 727 Vessel Examinations, 575 Passed (79.1%)
7. Winter Operations/Dry Suit Training, 2004
a. 24 persons requested to be considered for Dry Suit Training. We currently have seven
Auxiliarists qualified and one Auxiliarist qualified as CG Crew. Division 1 has had a cap of
12 total Dry Suit persons. After much consideration and review by our OPCOM, five
additional persons were selected to begin training at Station Fire Island in late Jan.
b. The original seven requalified in Dec. at Station Fire Island.
8. The Division Emergency Response Plan for 2004 has been updated and distributed to all units
requiring same.
9. The Division Change of Watch will be held at 1200 on 18JAN04 at Capt. Bills Restaurant in Bay
Shore, NY. Station Fire Island will present the Colors.
10. Goals for 2004 include a major increase in IT qualified personnel to teach a vastly increased
number of PE Classes; major emphasis placed on the VE program increasing the number of safety
checks and qualified inspectors; doubling the number of MDV and the same increase in the number
of visitations.
11. Division 1 is prepared for and is looking forward to beginning the Security Clearance program.
12. Coast Guard support at Station Fire Island by Division 1: 10 qualified Watch Standers and 01
Break-in Watch Stander, 01 qualified JOOD, 2 qualified CG Crewmen, 01 Damage Control
assistant, 01 engineer assistant and 01 weekend cook. Division 1 has logged 3,359 hours for the
2003 year.
William D. Goelz

Division 01 - DCP Report
20 Feb 2002

1. MDA (Maritime Domain Awareness) Program is in full swing with approximately 1/2 of all station required patrols being undertaken by Div 01 in Aux mobile units at first, then switching to station vehicles. This program will continue until further notice and seems to be gaining more interest by our membership. Once we get Aux facilities in the water, we expect to use them as well.

2.The Aux Crew and Coxswain School is well underway at USCG Station Fire Island, with weekly sessions that will go through the end of April. It is attended by Div 01 Flotillas plus members of neighboring Divisions.

3. The Div Change of Watch was held at Capt. Bill's Restaurant and was attended by over 80 people including Group Commander Nelson, COMO Huling, CWO Gibson CO of Station Fire Island, CWO Bradberry from Diraux.

4. Crew augmentation at Station Fire Island remains very strong with two new comms watchstanders being recently qualified for a total of 10 at this time.

5. Public Education courses are being given by all Flotillas during this period. Besides the education aspect, emphasis will be made to recruit members to the Auxiliary.

6. A mandatory Ops workshop will be held at Station Fire Island before the Boating Season starts. At this time, the Division has 50 vessels and 1 PWC out of 70, that were inspected last year, putting us in good shape for the upcoming Ops season.

7. The ground-breaking for a new nautical park in Amityville will begin this Spring. When it is complete, it will be the home of Flotilla 1-2 with high visibility for the Auxiliary.

8. All Flotillas are now online with web sites.

9. A pre-ops meeting will be held at Station Fire Island in early March, to plan upcoming activities with the Station CO.

End of report

From: Harvey Miller DCP 01
To: Como William Huling
Subject: Div 01 Activity Report 1 Jan 2002
Date: 01 Jan. 02

1. Facilities Availability winter 2002: Div 01 has 06 boats available (34'-45') and in the water plus 03 trailored boats (18'-25') with qualified coxswain and crew ready for ops during the winter. Note: these crews do not have Dry Suits available.

2. Cold Water Training: In order to be prepared for an emergency call out during the cold weather months, all Div 01 Coxswains, who are available during the Dec- Mar time frame, were requested to take a 2 hour special training seminar at USCG Station Fire Island. A total of 26 Coxswains attended plus 2 Aux and 2 CG Instructors. Subjects were:
A. Pre underway preparation.
B. Use of proper clothing (Mustang vs. Dry Suits).
C. Crew briefing and TCT training.
D. Boat preparation.
F. Underway situations including: icing, heaters, crew fatigue, weather and sea conditions and Hypothermia.

3. Aux Recruitment: A team was formed to make presentations to local yacht clubs and service organizations to interest their members to join the Aux. The first presentation was made on 1 Dec to the Long Island Yacht Club. Additional contacts will be made to approx. 15 yacht clubs and service organizations on the South Shore of Long Island.

4. Station involvement: Total time spent directly at USCG Station Fire Island by Watchstanders, CG qualified crew members, JOOD and maintenance workers from Jan-Dec 21, 2001 was 4,671 hours.

5. FC and VFC Meeting: A meeting of all outgoing and incoming FCs and VFCs was held at USCG Station Fire Island. Topics covered were: objectives (members must be properly trained, prepared and ready to respond), philosophy of the Bridge ( success rests with FC working with the members), proper use of the Chain of Leadership, Division 01 resources, the Div and Station structure, staff functions and reporting, the importance of a proper uniform.

6. Crew and Coxswain School: Div 01 will operate a Crew and Coxswain training school this winter at CG Station Fire Island, which will focus on shore side tasks only. The school will be staffed by Aux and Regular CG instructors and be attended by both parts of Team CG.

7. CG MDA Program: Div 01 will take an active part in the new CG Maritime Domain Awareness Program (MDA) at CG Station Fire Island. The Division's Mobile Land Communications Units (approx. 33) will make daily sweeps of the Station's AOR as often as possible, after attending a training seminar conducted by CG personnel.

8. The Div Change of Watch will be held at Capt. Bills Restaurant on 20 JAN 2002.

End of report

TO: William Huling VCO 1SR
Via: Artie Alberstsen RCO GRU-M?OR
From: Fred Carucci DCP-1

Subject: Division Report

1. Division 1 actively participated at OPSAIL 2000 sending 8 Vessels and crews on-site in New York Harbor. Additionally several shore side activities
were covered by Division 1 members. We also covered the Bravo Zero backfill patrols along with our scheduled Safety Patrols at Staion Fire Island. This accounted for 8 additional Vessels and crews during the operation.

2. Group Moriches had two major Changes Of Command which we participated in.CDR. Todd Nelson assumed command of Group Moriches ,additionally CWO2
Ken Gibson assumed command of Station Fire Island. At this Change Of Command Division 1, 50 members stood in inspection formation as partof the official ceremony.

3. The Division has finished over 150 Safety Patrols for the boating season and is presently winding down on our final patrols.

4. The division has completed over 400 VSC's to present. The Majority of VSC's wre completed by Flotilla 1-5.

5. All Flotillas heve completed their 2000 currenccy maintenences along with final completeions of 5 year re-quals.

6. Public Education course schedules have been set-up by each Flotilla indicarting an active season.

7. Flotilla 1-2 which was newly formed this year has certified 4 V.E.'s,3 IT's 3 MVD's and BQ'd 22 of their 28 members.
Flotilla 1-7 has completed their new Web Site.
Flotilla 1-1 on their 12 Aug. Patrol completed their assigned dutuies and proceeded to maintain a safety zone for fireworks display which ended their return to home port at 0030. Semper Paratus to 1-1.


End of Report

Respectfully Submitted,
Fred Carucci DCP 1

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