Coast Guard Maritime All Hazard Response Unit

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Petty Officer 2^nd Class Devin Horoszewski, a crewmember at Coast Guard Maritime All Hazards Response Unit at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia, writes down commercial fishing vessels, which are in port at Barney Dock in Atlantic City, N.J., Dec. 9, 2009. 

The six-man unit has been tasked  with reporting all high-risk commercial fishing vessels in accordance with the Coast Guard’s Operation Safe Catch, which is focused on increasing the rate of compliance with safety regulations by interacting with the commercial fishing industry to improve their risk management practice.

TOMS RIVER, N.J. – Coast Guard crewmembers of the Maritime All Hazard Response Unit at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia analyze absorbent pads during clean-up operations for an oil spill at the Municipal Utility Authority in Toms River, N.J., Sept. 4, 2009.

The members of the unit respond to any maritime hazard, which bears a pollution threat to the environment, people or property.

PHILADELPHIA – Petty Officer 2^nd Class Devin Horoszewski, a crewmember at the Maritime All Hazard Response Unit at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia teaches Petty officer 3^rd Class Brian Nafe how to deploy boom at Coast Guard Station Philadelphia Nov. 4, 2009.

The crewmembers of the unit also conduct Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response training to all Coast Guard stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class Joseph O’Brien. 

PHILADELPHIA - Petty Officer 3^rd Class Weldon James, a crewmember at Coast Guard Maritime All Hazards Response Unit at Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay in Philadelphia conducts Boom Deployment Training for crewmembers at Coast Guard Station Philadelphia Nov. 4, 2009.

The unit is responsible for training all Coast Guard stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware in boom deployment to take the basic steps to safely mitigate pollution impact to the environment.

U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2^nd Class Joseph O’Brien.