Fireboats in Connecticut
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Various seaside municipalities operate fireboats in Connecticut.
| image | name | homeport | entered service |
retired | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Bedell | Norwalk | 2012 |
| ||
| Marine 1 | Mystic, Connecticut, | 2012 |
See also
References
- ↑ Andrew Brophy (2012-11-27). "Firefighter's legacy lives on in new 'fast and nimble' fire boat". Stamford Advocate. http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Firefighter-s-legacy-lives-on-in-new-fast-and-4068346.php. Retrieved 2014-10-23. "The Norwalk Fire Department's new 42-foot fire boat, acquired through a $600,000 grant from the federal Department of Homeland Security, is named after Bedell, who received a Commendation of Heroism for the rescue of an unconscious victim from a house fire in 1986."
- ↑ Greg Smith (2014-09-21). "After Sept. 11, port security a regional priority". New London, Connecticut: Washington Times. Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20140922161936/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/21/after-sept-11-port-security-a-regional-priority/?page=all. Retrieved 2014-10-23. "The money obtained through the grants has paid for equipment ranging from surveillance cameras and fences at State Pier in New London to patrol boats for police and fire departments, such as a $700,000 state-of-the-art firefighting boat at the Mystic Fire Department."
- ↑ Shirwell Bree (2012-07-27). "Mystic Fire Department Receives New Fireboat: The new fireboat replaces a smaller 40 plus year-old boat that the department acquired second hand". Groton Patch. http://patch.com/connecticut/groton/mystic-fire-department-receives-new-fireboat-47ff1490. Retrieved 2014-10-23. "The 32-foot boat replaces a smaller 40-plus-year-old boat that the department acquired second hand and used for more than 20 years. Funding for the fireboat came from the national Port Security Grant Program. Deputy Chief Tony Manfredi wrote the grant application."
