DATE: September 17, 2007 1:34:39 PM EDT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Public Information Assist Team
U.S. Coast Guard
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Press Release

Date: Sept. 17, 2007

Contact: Petty Officer
Sara Francis
(907) 271-2660


PACIFIC STRIKE TEAM
PERFORMS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT IN ALASKA

Two members of the Pacific Strike Team deployed to Kivalina, Alaska, Saturday to perform a post storm damage assessment of fuel tanks containing more than 230,000 gallons of fuel products.

The Novato, Calif., based strike team members are assisting Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, Alaska, to ensure the integrity of the tanks remains intact.

For more information about the response, please contact Petty Officer Sara Francis at (907) 271-2660 or visit http://www.USCGAlaska.com.

For more information about the Coast Guard's Pacific Strike Team, please contact the Public Information Assist Team at (252) 331-6000 or visit http://www.StrikeForceNews.com/go/page/771/15053/. 

Kivalina, Alaska
Responders work to protect the tank farm in Kivalina, Alaska, which is threatened by storms.
(U.S. Coast Guard photograph)

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