Assist both the florida team and fema with the urban search and rescue. we re also ready to launch aircraft for urgent maritime search and rescue in the vicinity of tampa and the big bend area as the storm passes. our second priority is the reconstitution of ports and waterways, really critical to our marine transportation system, so urgently needed so that resources can make it to the communities in need. we expect to begin overflight damage assessment of the west coast of florida at first light as soon as this storm passes and safe flight conditions allow. we will follow in the wake of the storm to also assist with impacts on the east coast of florida. we also our buoy tenders and units are conduct port assessments and reconstitution efforts with navigation teams and the army corps of engineers. depending on sea conditions and port conditions we hope to have those cutters near shore in the next several days.
We expect to begin overflight damage assessment of the west coast of florida at first light, as soon as the storm passes and safe flight conditions allow. we will follow in the wake of the storm to also assist with impacts on the east coast of florida. we our buoy tenders and units will conduct port assessments and reconstitution efforts with aid to navigation teams and the army corps of engineers. depending on sea conditions and port conditions, we hope to have those cutters near shore in the next several days. our third priority is environmental response to address pollution. or contamination concerns as a result of the hurricane and the storm surge flooding. the marine of environmental response to mitigate and clean potential pollutants and damage to infrastructure will be a long, committed effort. we are are in the response phase of this operation. this is one of the most critical
We expect to begin overnight, damage assessment of the west coast of florida at first light as soon as this storm passes and safe flight conditions allow. we will follow in the wake of the storm to assist with impacts on the east coast of florida. our buoy tenders will conduct reconstitution efforts with our navigation teams and army corps of engineers. depending on sea conditions and port conditions, we hope to have those cutters near shore in the next several days. our third priority is environmental response to address pollution. or contamination concerns as a result of the hurricane and the storm surge flooding. the marine environmental response to mitigation and clean a potential pollutant and damaged infrastructure will be a long, committed effort. we re entering the response phase of this operation. this is one of the most critical and certainly the most dangerous
Capabilities that are staged for both north carolina and south carolina. the coast guard is bringing operations and mission support teams and personnel from miami, cleveland, really all around the country, to be able to move in as soon as we understand what the impact of this ever-changing catastrophic storm will be. captain, can you talk to us about the port conditions now? absolutely. thanks, don. the port is actually servicing its last its last cargo vessel as we speak. after that vessel departs, we are not anticipating and we will close the port of charleston. that vessel was really a team effort of the ila, the ports authority, and the pilots to get that in here and get it serviced overnight with the american-made vessels that are outbound from the port of charleston. mm-hmm.