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Hartz-Booth
The Hartz-Booth fireboat is a boat operated by the Huntington, West Virginia, City of Huntington, West Virginia Fire Department for emergency responses (firefighting and rescue) on the Ohio River and its tributaries in the Port of Huntington, West Virginia, United States, which is the largest inland port in the United States. Her mission is to protect life, property and the environment in and along the Ohio River and its tributaries. She is the result of a fourteen-year project to acquire a FEMA Port Security Grant from the United States Department of Homeland Security. On September 3, 2013 the City of Huntington Fire Department was awarded $569,100.00 to purchase the boat. The boat was primarily designed by Captain Jeff Sheets with the assistance of Lieutenant Jaymes Nelson, Lieutenant Charley Shumaker, Captain Shawn Willis, Captain Robert Ray, Private Jeff Waugh and Private Toby Mitchell. Captain Shawn Willis completed the grant application and secured the grant for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FEMA Port Security Grant
Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security has provided Port Security Grants to ports within the United States, to build fireboats. These vessels are thought to help keep the entire United States safer, because, in addition to fighting local fires, they are all equipped to help counter nuclear fallout, chemical weapons and biological weapons. The grants are made under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002. The Federal Emergency Management Agency, one of the agencies under DHS, provided $100 million worth of grants in 2015. File:Peter Stehlik - FDNY Three Forty Three - 2012.05.17.jpg , The construction of FDNY's ''Three Forty Three'' was partly supported by a port security grant. File:Tacoma, WA Fireboat Commencement 01.jpg , Tacoma's ''Commencement'' was refurbished through a port security grant. File:20071017 Tiburon fire boat.jpg , The ''Tiburon'', built through a port security grant, helped extinguish fires on California's islands File:Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |