Cape May, NJ - The Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) held their annual open house on Saturday, May 4th. The event was established in 2015 to celebrate Cape May County being designated as a proud Coast Guard community. Festivities included search and rescue demonstrations, tours of the training center, a museum exhibit and a life-saving station program. Local businesses and other community groups came out to support the event.

TRACEN, located on Munro Avenue, houses several buildings where recruits go through a rigorous eight-week training program before being assigned to various Coast Guard facilities throughout the country. The Coast Guard base has its own emergency services, which include police and fire departments consisting of two engines and an ambulance. The fire department, identified as Station 59, responds to calls around the training facility and can be called for mutual aid purposes throughout Cape May County.