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(11) The City of Portsmouth is required to meet all terms of License No. HSCGZ75130-09-RP-004L for berthing its fireboat at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. (12) Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency services personnel will visit U.S. Coast Guard Base Support Unit Portsmouth facilities for familiarization tours and courtesy pre-fire inspections annually and will be notified anytime a new structure is put in service or an existing structure is significantly modified. Coast Guard cutter familiarization tours and joint training will be conducted semi-annually. Cutter familiarization tours for visiting cutters who are at Base Portsmouth for one month or more are recommended. Joint drills should be conducted semi-annually, one each afloat and ashore. Drills may be a tabletop exercise or an integrated response drill. Additionally, U.S. Coast Guard units are encouraged to include Fire, Rescue and Emergency services representatives in formal training when practical. (13) Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency services is aware that the u.s. Coast Guard does not equip its small craft for firefighting. If Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency services requires assistance in waterborne firefighting, U.S. Coast Guard assets may be requested from Sector Hampton Roads. U.S. Coast Guard assistance will be limited to providing a security perimeter and a suitable platform for Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency services personnel to supplement firefighting efforts using installed water systems for emergency firefighting water. U.S. Coast Guard personnel will not actively engage in firefighting while supporting Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency services in a waterborne assistance scenario and will normally remain within an enclosed space for limited protection from smoke inhalation. (14) Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services personnel are aware that U.S. Coast Guard regulations require specified protective equipment to be worn at all times while aboard underway Coast Guard vessels. Some of these requirements are tied to water temperature and increase as water temperature decreases. The Fire Chief and Commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads will determine the appropriate protective equipment for Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services personnel embarked aboard Coast Guard vessels. (15) In order to conform to the requirements of the U.S. Coast Guard relative to release of public information, requests for information relative to fires at the U.S. Coast Guard Base Portsmouth will be referred to the Public Information Officer of the Fifth Coast Guard District. (16) Portsmouth Fire, Rescue and Emergency Services personnel and vehicles will be permitted access through the gate of the U.S. Coast Guard Base Support Unit Portsmouth, without unnecessary delay when responding to emergency situations; however, they shall inform security personnel of their 3