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TOWARF Town
of Oakville Water Air Rescue Force VOLUNTEERS SAVING LIVES ON WESTERN
LAKE ONTARIO SINCE 1954 Supported by the Town of Oakville
and Local Boaters Unit
# 008 of the Canadian Coast Guard Auxiliary
2011 Patrol Season ended October 31, 2011
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TOWARF is a Canadian
Coast Guard Auxiliary Unit and 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 in partnership with the local
boating community, 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.
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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 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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