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Station (Large)

District commanders establish station mission requirements. Mission requirements are district-wide requirements with regional variations as required to meet the demands for Coast Guard services. The workload associated of district-mandated mission requirements will vary based on the station's area of responsibility (AOR), boating activity in the AOR, and the proximity and availability of other Coast Guard assets to meet mission requirements.

Community relations/public affairs activities and responsibilities are embedded in assigned missions (e.g., liaison responsibilities associated with SAR or law enforcement activities). Not all stations are required to perform all missions at the same level.

Stations shall maintain the appropriate alert status for all Coast Guard missions requiring a response of 24 hours or less.

• Bravo-Zero (B-0) alert is required for missions requiring Coast Guard response within 30 minutes of notification, or less.
• Additional personnel shall be placed in the appropriate alert status when the projected response mission requirements exceed the capability of the primary response crew(s).

Station watch composition (e.g., duty crew) should be limited to the minimum required to support response mission requirements. The number of duty personnel maintaining a B-0 alert status should be limited to the minimum required for appropriate Coast Guard response.

The core of the station (large) command cadre is the Commanding Officer/Officer-In-Charge (CO/OIC), Executive Officer/Executive Petty Office (XO/XPO), and Engineering Petty Officer (EPO).

Station as a Facility

A station (large) is a Coast Guard shore facility an OPFAC, command cadre, and permanently assigned duty standers, boats, and equipment, which reports to a Group or Activities command. The elements of a station (large) shall include, but are not limited to the following:

• Multi-mission shore facility
• Operate boats in support of designated missions
• Provided with boat and personnel allowances
• Station administration
• Provide unit level training and equipment maintenance
• Responsible for their own internal supervision
• Receive support and services from a district office, group (or activity) office, base, integrated support command, air station or other host command.

A station (large) that relies on reserve personnel for at least one third of their primary duty section staffing for three or more months a year is considered to be a "reserve augmented" station.

A parent station is a station (large) with one or more subordinate stations (small). Its command cadre allowance may be different from that of a station to account for the increased responsibility associated with the assignment of subordinate stations (small).