Welcome to the First District Navigation Systems PATON Workshop

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Welcome to the First DistrictNavigation
SystemsPATON Workshop

• Presented by
• The First District Navigation Systems Team

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Is composed of five missions

• ATON Federal Aids to Navigation.
• PATON Private Aids to Navigation.
• BAP Bridge Administration Program.
• CU Chart Updating.
• SCF Small Craft Facility
  Updating.

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ATON - TheFederal Short Range Aid to Navigation
Program

• Primary Focus . . .
• Prevention,
• Accuracy,
• Credibility,
• Professionalism, and
• Service to the Coast Guard

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The ATON programs goals are

• To Check Federal Aids to Navigation as a
  year-round Auxiliary activity (seasonal in the
  northern districts). Generally, a boat is needed
  to participate.
• Encourage all operational Auxiliarists to
  check ATONs while underway on patrols.
• Provide accurate, credible and professional
  discrepancy reports to the Coast Guard.

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• Every Auxiliary OPFAC, while underway, should be
  checking every Federal and Private Aid to
  Navigation and Bridge for discrepancies and be
  reporting all observed discrepancies to the Coast
  Guard. And, be checking the shoreline for chart
  updating corrections.

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PATON - The Private Aid to Navigation Program

• Focus is also on. . .
• Prevention,
• Accuracy,
• Credibility,
• Professionalism, and
• Service to the Coast Guard.

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Our PATON program goals are

• Encourage Auxiliarists to become AV qualified and
  to support the Coast Guards PATON program.
• Assist the local CG ANT organization with the
  management of their PATON Program.
• Plan the verification and reporting of all
  PATONs assigned to us early in the season.
• Attend any required workshops to stay
  updated on the PATON System.
• Offer your assistance to the local CG ANT.

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There is no reason why the Auxiliary should not
be managing the local PATON program for the Coast
Guard ANT Aid to Navigation Team.
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PREVENTION.

• By virtue of our verification of Private aids and
  the safety surveys performed on bridges, we are
  helping to ensure that the Private aids are
  deployed correctly and safely within our AOR.
• By surveying the safety equipment on bridges, we
  become the eyes of the Bridge Branch insuring
  that the bridges in our AOR are lighted and have
  operational safety equipment in place.
• Therefore, by our activities, we are actually
  preventing accidents or problems before they can
  happen.

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ACCURACY

• A new culture of accuracy is part of the Aid
  Verifiers operation.
• We follow new guidelines for taking and reporting
  a fix at a PATON.
• We follow new guidelines for taking and reporting
  depths at a PATON.
• We use new guidelines for taking digital photos.
• As a result, highly accurate Auxiliary-provided
  data is becoming part of each official PATON
  record.

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CREDIBILITY

• We document all our PATON data.
• We validate our on-scene observations to existing
  PATON documents --- the NOAA chart, the Light
  List and the PATONs Permitted Data Record.
• We identify all electronic equipment used to
  gather the data.
• We provide quality control information to support
  the accuracy of our reported fixes and depths.
• We also provide digital photographs as supporting
  evidence for all reported discrepancies.
• The Coast Guard can rely on our reports.

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PROFESSIONALISM

• We prepare all reports on a computer using the
  correct formats.
• We always supply complete reports.
• We insure that the Coast Guard can rely on the
  data that we submit even if it becomes part of a
  litigation.
• We submit our discrepancy reports in a timely
  manner.
• We take pride in the work that we do.
• We assume NS Staff assignments and manage the
  PATONs and Bridges in our AOR and to insure that
  the assigned verification and surveys are
  performed and reported in a timely manner.

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SERVICE TO THE COAST GUARD

• We act as part of the Coast Guard Aid to
  Navigation Team that we serve.
• We work at the direction of the Coast Guard.
• We can and do provide additional support for the
  Coast Guard PATON Program as needed by
• Maintaining PATON files at the CG ANT.
• Following up with owners at the direction of the
  Coast Guard.
• Helping to train harbormasters and new owners to
  use the PATON System at the direction of the
  Coast Guard.
• Working with DPW to get I-ATONIS corrected.

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A high level of responsibility and reliability
goes with your AV Qualification.
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• First District 2010 Strategic Plan
• Protect People from the Sea Reduce Maritime
  Fatalities in Coastal and Inland waters
• Identify and target areas of PATON special needs
  with emphasis on Sector Southeast New England,
  and Southwest harbor, ME.
• Train 25-50 additional committed Auxiliary Aids
  Verifiers.
• Optimally coordinate assignment of Aids Verifiers
  to Auxiliary surface patrols and shore patrols.
• Assist sectors in the verification/cataloging of
  PATON populations.
• Verify each PATON annually.

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• New Years Message from
• RADM Nimmich
• To the Women and Men of Team First District,
• . . . we will see a renewed emphasis on Aids to
  Navigation and Private Aids to Navigation (in
  2010)
• Comment from DPW 1 . . .
• Pretty sure this the FIRST time the any admiral
  has mentioned PATON in ANY form!