Photos: Montauk Fire Department Hosts Water Rescue Drill

Photos: RichardLewinPhotography.com

The Montauk Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk, East Hampton Volunteer Ocean Rescue, East Hampton Town Marine Patrol and East Hampton Village Emergency Communications Department participated in a Multi-Agency Water Rescue Drill off the North side of the Montauk Lighthouse on June 22.

The staging area was in the Upper Parking Lot.

The drill, which was hosted by Montauk Fire Department Chief Joseph Lenahan, simulated a boating accident with six missing people.

An important part of the drill was the Incident Command System, a communications management system designed to enable effective and efficient domestic incident management by integrating a combination of equipment, personnel, procedures and communications operating from multiple agencies within a common organizational structure.

The drill lasted over an hour and declared a success after the team rescued all the “missing” people.

Check out photos from the drill taken by photographer Richard Lewin below.