b'North Carolina Public Ferry HostsFOGHORN FOCUS LOCAL COAST GUARD forACTIVE SHOOTER DRILLBY KAREN RAINBOLT // FOGHORN MANAGING EDITORU .S. Coast Guard Sector North CarolinaEarlier this week, we teamed up with the U.S.On the Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlets EnforcementDivision,CoastGuardCoast Guard to hold an active shooter drill onFacebook page, they posted, Crew members StationHatterasInlet,andPVAone of our idle vessels at Hatteras, the N.C.learned different types of approaches to varying VesselmemberNorthCarolinaDepartmentFerry System, the nations second largest publiclevels of threats. They also learned some basic ofTransportationFerryDivisionpersonnelstate ferry system, announced on March 6 in itscombat first aid along with members of the conductedmaritimeactiveshootertrainingofficial Facebook page. ferry system.drills on March 3, 2020 on a public ferry.Duringthetraining,membersoftheCoastInordertoeffectivelyneutralizeanactiveTheferryservedasagoodconduitfor Guard practiced tactical procedures as well asshooter threat, Coast Guard personnel learnedpracticingtacticsforsituationsthatcould methods to de-escalate the situation or reducetopracticelimitedmovementsaroundtheimpedethesafetyandsecurityciviliansand threats from an active shooter on a ferry. ferrys compact spaces. ferry crewmembers on public transportation. DuringtheexerciseCoastGuardpersonnel familiarized themselves with the close-quarters environment of the ferry in order to improve training movements.Thecentury-old,state-runferrysystem transportsapproximately800,000vehicles along seven regular routes annually. Running 22ferriesthattransport9,000trailertrucks yearly,theN.C.FerrySystemhasreduced almost200,000milesoflandsidetraffic.In addition, the system serves as a lifeline, carrying supplies,equipment,andotherconsumable goodstothestatespopularbarrierislands knownastheOuterBanks.Inhurricane season, the ferry also offers an important means ofevacuationforislandresidents,vacation homeowners, and visitors before major storms are forecasted to hit the area. In October, the North Carolina Ferry System was designated a Marine Highway Project by FOGHORN FOCUS: SECURITY12 FOGHORN'