Welcome to the Flotilla 35-9, District 9WR Web Site
Our Flotilla is devoted to assisting the U.S. Coast Guard. We strive to maintain highly trained personnel to assist the Coast Guard at a moment's notice with Search and Rescues, Safety Patrols and Radio Watches.
We also teach numerous public boating safety courses, do many Vessel Safety checks and participate at numerous boating and sporting shows in and around the Chicagoland area.
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The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed, all-volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. The Auxiliary was created by an Act of Congress in 1939, and has grown to over 32,000 members who daily support the Coast Guard in all its non-military and non-law-enforcement missions. We have members and units in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
Auxiliary members conduct safety patrols on local waterways, assist in Search and Rescue, teach boating safety classes, conduct courtesy.vessel safety checks.for the public, provide.boating safety literature to marine dealers, as well as.many other activities related to.recreational boating safety.
The Coast Guard considers the Auxiliary its primary resource for recreational boating safety outreach and prevention and each Coast Guard district around the nation has established a senior officer and staff to provide tight liaison and coordination between the active-duty Coast Guard and the various Auxiliary units in that district. In many inland portions of the country, where the majority of U.S. recreational boating occurs on lakes and rivers, the Auxiliary is the sole Coast Guard presence!.
District 9 WR – Division 35 – Flotilla 09
Summary of 2018 Boating Season
As a part of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary District Nine - Western Region, Lake County Flotilla 09 Division 35 at Station Calumet Harbor provides administrative, training, communication and supervisory support to 26 active members which proudly serve the Southern Lake Michigan area. Flotilla 09 provides boating education classes, vessel safety checks and much more. Flotilla 09 assists the U.S. Coast Guard in non-law enforcement programs such as safety patrols, search and rescue, and marine environmental protection.
During the 2018 boating season, Flotilla 09, consisting of 26 Auxiliarists performed 84 Vessel Safety Checks; 9 instructors conducted 24 hours of Boating Safety Education and 244 hours of member training; while 6 crew members and 3 coxswains engaged in 1237.9 hours of Safety and Regatta Patrols, assisting 2 boaters with problems with their vessels. Flotilla 09 provided 358 hours of Coast Guard Operations Support.