TOWARF Town
of Oakville Water Air Rescue Force AQUAE NUMQUAM ILLOS MERGENT The
waters will never take them Supported by the Town of Oakville Unit # 008 of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
Patrol Season Began May 16 and
will End October 31, 2009 TOWARF, a Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit,
provides marine search and rescue service with the primary goal of saving lives at risk in Western Lake Ontario.
Started in 1954 by Oakville then Police Chief Fred Oliver, TOWARF has been patrolling the waters off Oakville ever
since. With more than 75 trained volunteers, TOWARF is on duty 45 hours a week and on call 24/7 during the boating
season.
MARINE EMERGENCY CONTACTS: Trenton Joint Rescue Coordination Centre 1 800 267 7270
Prescott
Coast Guard Radio Marine Radio Channel 16 or *16 on a Cellular Phone Police - 911
TOWARF
monitors Marine Radio Channels 16 and 68 during patrol hours and is on call 24/7 to the Rescue Centre and Halton Regional
Police Service
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