Posted By: Lighthouser
Beach Apparatus Drill Reenactment to Resume at Chicamacomico - 05/14/06 11:50 PM
The Beach Apparatus Drill Reenactment at Chicamacomico will resume in June. 
The first meeting onsite with 20 members of the USCG Stations Hatteras Inlet and Oregon Inlet (NC) recently took place. Personnel were instructed in the Beach Apparatus Drill procedures and ran through a mock drill using scaled-down equipment. On 4 May 2006, USCG Station Hatteras Inlet met to practice with actual equipment for the first time. Practices will take place with both stations throughout the month of May, with the first public reenactment planned for June 8, 2006.
The Chicamacomico Historical Association thanks all who have waited so patiently for this historical reenactment to begin once again, and thanks to the USCG for their enthusiasm and support to help bring an important piece of their history to life. Semper Paratus!
The Drill was regularly practiced at each station beginning in 1871. Weekly practice of this Drill ensured that the lifesavers were always ready to affect rescues of shipwrecked victims. Crews that did not perform the Drill in adequate time faced dismissal from the service. The drill demonstrated the equipment used, the duties of each surfman, and the skill and stamina it demanded of them.
The first meeting onsite with 20 members of the USCG Stations Hatteras Inlet and Oregon Inlet (NC) recently took place. Personnel were instructed in the Beach Apparatus Drill procedures and ran through a mock drill using scaled-down equipment. On 4 May 2006, USCG Station Hatteras Inlet met to practice with actual equipment for the first time. Practices will take place with both stations throughout the month of May, with the first public reenactment planned for June 8, 2006.
The Chicamacomico Historical Association thanks all who have waited so patiently for this historical reenactment to begin once again, and thanks to the USCG for their enthusiasm and support to help bring an important piece of their history to life. Semper Paratus!
The Drill was regularly practiced at each station beginning in 1871. Weekly practice of this Drill ensured that the lifesavers were always ready to affect rescues of shipwrecked victims. Crews that did not perform the Drill in adequate time faced dismissal from the service. The drill demonstrated the equipment used, the duties of each surfman, and the skill and stamina it demanded of them.
