Department of Homeland Security Port Security Grant

Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security has provided Port Security Grants to ports within the United States, to build fireboats.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]^[excessive citations] These vessels are thought^[weasel words] 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.[11] The Federal Emergency Management Agency, one of the agencies under DHS, provided $100 million worth of grants in 2015.

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  The construction of FDNY's Three Forty Three was partly supported by a port security grant.
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  Tacoma's Commencement was refurbished through a port security grant.
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  The Tiburon, built through a port security grant, helped extinguish fires on California's islands
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  The Hartz-Booth patrols rivers in West Virginia

References

1. Edward Montgomery Graham, David Matthew Marchick (2006). US national security and foreign direct investment. Vol. 978. Peterson Institute. p. 31. ISBN 0-88132-391-8. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
2. "Review of the Port Security Grant Program" (PDF). Department of Homeland Security. January 10, 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
3. Lauren Dake (April 22, 2014). "New Vancouver fireboat to be named Discovery". The Columbian. Archived from the original on June 20, 2014.
4. Thomas MacMillan (June 17, 2013). ""Nathan Hale" hits the harbor". New Haven Independent. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2014. The city recently purchased the Metalcraft Firestorm 36 using grant money from the federal Department of Homeland Security. The vessel will be used by the fire and police departments for dousing fires on sea and on the shore, and search and rescue operations.
5. Nancy Guenther Chapman (October 24, 2012). "New Norwalk Fire Boat Increases Homeland Security". Norwalk Daily Voice. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2014. It was ordered in 2009 and fully paid for by a Port Security Grant through the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency, Norwalk Fire Department Lt. Steve Popadoulos said. It was shipped from Oregon and delivered to Cove Marina two weeks ago.
6. Taylor Stuck. "New boat adds to the region's emergency response on river". The Herald-Dispatch. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
7. Greg Smith (September 21, 2014). "After Sept. 11, port security a regional priority". The Washington Times. New London, Connecticut. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2014. 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.
8. "Pumped up: Fire boat deployed for firefighting drill". Westport News. July 29, 2014. Archived from the original on July 30, 2014. Retrieved October 24, 2014. The fire boat, which has a pumping capacity of 2,300 gallons of water per minute, "had no problem" supplying a water deed to the pumper, which can pump 1,500 gallons per minute, fire officials reported in a statement.
9. Harold F. Cobin (November 26, 2012). "City Christens New Fireboat [Video]: The 38-foot-long Robert L. Bedell was built in Oregon". Norwalk Patch. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Besides the ability to fight fires, the Bedell is outfitted with sensors that can detect chemicals or radiation. The grant from FEMA requires that it participate in homeland security operations on Long Island Sound.
10. "Meet Norwalk's New Fire Boat !". Norwalk Cove. October 22, 2012. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2014. The aluminum boat, which was constructed by the Almar division of North River Boats in Roseburg Oregon, was delivered to Norwalk Cove Marina yesterday. North River personnel were familiarizing Norwalk Fire staff on the complex systems today before handing over the boat.
11. "Fiscal Year 2015 Port Security Grant Program". FEMA. 2015. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved January 21, 2016.