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- CONTINGENCY PREPAREDNESS- Review course of action designed to help 23-01 members respond effectively to a disaster or public emergency. Review relationship to other contingency plans
. - FORM 7029- Just about any time you spend as an auxiliary volunteer can and should be reported. Review “how to” record hours of service each month, and special circumstances that may require other reporting requirements.
- WEATHER- Review in-shore weather patterns and precautions, weather-related products and resources, including various websites and apps available. Include temperature, precipitation, wind, waves, tide, current, and fronts.
- CURRENCY – Provide a review of the Boat Crew Program Currency requirements. The requirements for underway hours, NAV Rules exams, TCT training and coxswain and crew check rides.
- C-SCHOOL – Auxiliary C-Schools are short-term (2-5 days) Coast Guard-funded formal training programs that normally require students to travel to a Coast Guard training center. Review requirements.
- NAVIGATION SYSTEMS – Review auxiliary assignment to duty to support and augment the Coast Guard’s Aids to Navigation Program and available training resources.
- ANSC-7003 - Review the “Vessel Facility Inspection and Offer for Use” form. Explain the requirements for each section and the information that must be provided by the owner- member.
- EQUIPPING YOUR FACILITY – Guides member to equip their boat as a facility. Describe required equipment on a facility (helpful to a member that is equipping a vessel for the first-time as a facility).
- CG-4612 AUXILIARY SAR SUMMARY – Review the process of completing the CG-4612 Auxiliary SAR Summary. Explain the information required for each block.
- UNIFORMS - Review the uniform requirements and those for Auxiliary patrols.
- PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) – Review of the PPE required to be carried on all underway members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary. Review required items, their inspection and maintenance.
- RISK MANAGEMENT - Review “Risk Management” process using GAR 2.0 for Auxiliary boat crews.
- STANDARD COMMANDS - Review “Standard Commands” that are used through-out the Coast Guard for: line handling, anchoring, helm, and general commands. These commands and their responses should become the standard operating procedure throughout the Auxiliary.
- RADIO-TELEPHONE – Cover the standard operating procedures that all auxiliary members should follow while operating under orders on a patrol. Review pro-words, the phonetic alphabet; and when to use “Mayday,” “Pan-Pan” and “Securite” messages.
- OPERATIONS POLICY - Review the Coast Guard’s Operational Policy for Auxiliary Surface Operations. From the Auxiliary Operations Policy Manual (COMDTINST M16798.3(series), the Coast Guard addendum to the National Search and Rescue Supplement to the International Air and Maritime Search and Rescue Manual (COMDTINST M16130.2(series), and Fifth Southern District policies and directives. This is information that all auxiliary coxswains must know and that all crew qualified members should be familiar with.
- U.S. MARKING SYSTEM – Access available Coast Guard presentation that reviews the marking systems used on U.S. waterways, including the various Aids to Navigation (ATON) and their meanings.
- SEARCH PATTERN – Access available Coast Guard presentation from the Boat Forces Center C School. Provides a complete description of search patterns used by the Coast Guard and their applications.
- NAVIGATION RULES - Cover the “Rules of the Road (International – Inland).
- PRE-UNDERWAY FACILITY CHECK - Review of the procedures and the process that an Auxiliary Boat Crew is required to make of the facility and crew before getting underway.
- TOWING - Describe all aspects of auxiliary towing. Helpful for members qualifying in the Auxiliary Boat Crew Program, and serves as a good review of towing procedures after a winter break.
- SABOT MOB-PIW - Review Man Overboard procedures (which includes “Person-In-the- Water” recovery) in heavy weather. If you can do this in heavy weather, you can do it in any weather. Focus on prevailing conditions effecting the vessel and the PIW.
- NIGHT OPERATIONS - Review precautions and procedures for operating at night.
- MARLINSPIKE - Review the common types of lines and their strength, durability, elasticity and cost. Review considerations for selecting towlines, anchor lines, dock lines. Discuss line maintenance and compare various knots and splices. Discuss line storage and keeping the lines ready for quick access and for use in an emergency.
- MENTORING - Provide review of the Mentoring Guide published by the National Response Team.
- INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM – In order to fully align emergency response with active duty forces of the USCG, review the qualification standards for Incident Command Systems and support for Headquarters’ Office of Emergency Management & Disaster Response.
- TEAM COORDINATION TRAINING (TCT) – TCT is focused on the principle that improved decision-making through better leadership, preparation and attention to detail will result in
fewer casualties and less property damage throughout the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. TCT provides the means and the framework for employing Operational Risk Management principles that will accomplish that goal. - COLD WEATHER TRAINING – The potential of hypothermia and the possibility for the formation of ice in the water warrant special precautions during winter operations. Review requirements for participating in winter operations with water temperatures below 60 degrees and below 50 degrees; proper PPE; mission parameters and the GAR; operational procedures in our AOR; and most important, the safety of the crew.
- DIVERSITY – Diversity is about acknowledging differences and adapting practices to create an inclusive environment in which diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds are valued.
Review what it means to be a diverse USCG Auxiliary membership. - USCG AUXILIARY (WEBSITE)– Review the national USCG Auxiliary website: www.cgaux.org - What resources are available on the website?