U.S. Coast Guard

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• U.S. Coast Guard
• Emergency Response Community Resiliency

Rear Admiral Ronald Rábago Chief
Engineer November 2011
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CG Mission Overview

• Nations Maritime First Responder
• On an Average Day
• Save 12 lives
• Respond to 64 SAR Cases
• Keep 842 pounds of cocaine off the streets
• Screen 720 commercial vessels 183,000 crew
  passengers
• Investigate 10 pollution incidents
• Inspect 13 marine accidents

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CG Facility Overview

• 28,000 Buildingsand Structures
• 2,000 Sites, Covering 92,000 Acres
• 12BIL Replacement Value
• Average Building Age 45 years

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CG Civil Engineering Organization
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Damage Assessment Repair Teams

• First responders - Assess damage to CG shore
  facilities following a disaster
• Primary Goal Restore operational capability
  mission readiness to the unit
• 2-3 individuals from Civil Engineering Units
  (CEU) or Facilities Design Construction Center
  (FDCC)
• Mobilize prior to event (i.e. before landfall)
  when possible.
• Prioritize repair work and direct CG Repair Teams

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Hurricane Katrina 2005
STA Gulfport
STA Venice

• Sector/STA New Orleans

STA Grand Isle
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Hurricane Katrina CG Facts

• 7 Small Boat Stations damaged, 3 were destroyed.
• 4 larger bases heavily damaged, 1 was a total
  loss.
• Aids to Navigation 99 damaged or destroyed,
  1,815 ATON discrepancies
• Over 5,000 Coasties deployed More than 10 of
  entire CG!

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Hurricane Ike 2008

• 3rd costliest hurricane ever to make U.S.
  landfall
• Coast Guard Disaster Relief Funds totaled 230MIL
• CG facilities in Corpus Christi Galveston
  hardest hit

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Hurricane Irene2011

• 3 CEU Providence DAT teams deployed in NE region.
  
• CG requested 12MIL in Supplemental Funding

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What Did We Learn?

• STA Venice - A Case Example In Resiliency

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STA Venice A Case Example

• Venice is the southernmost permanently inhabited
  area on the Louisiana coast.
• Site is at sea level.

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STA Venice Rebuild

• Fixed Price Lump sump contract 4M, 2006
• Design Considerations
• Reduced 1st floor foot print (50)
• Expeditionary Trailers
• Breakaway walls
• Elevated A/C Chiller Package
• Durable Interior finishes
• Put dedicated A/C system supporting command
  center on emergency generator

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STA VeniceBefore
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STA VeniceBefore
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STA VeniceAfter Elevated M/E/P
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STA VeniceAfter Elevated M/E/P
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STA VeniceDurable Interior Finishes
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STA VeniceBoathouse
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STA VeniceBefore After
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STA GulfportBefore After
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Questions?

• New CG Headquarters _at_ St. Elizabeths