{{Short description|Funding grant program for fireboats}}{{Use American English|date = March 2019}} {{Use mdy dates|date = March 2019}}
Since 2002, the Department of Homeland Security has provided '''Port Security Grants''' to ports within the United States, to build fireboats.<ref name="Peteron" /><ref name="Dhs2005-01-10" /><ref name="Columbian2014-04-22" /><ref name="Nhi2014-06-17" /><ref name="Ndv2012-10-24" /><ref name="herald-dispatch1" /><ref name="WashingtonTimes2014-09-21" /><ref name="WestportNews2014-07-29" /><ref name="NorwalkPatch" /><ref name="NorwalkCove" /> In addition to carrying firefighting equipment, these vessels are equipped to help counter nuclear fallout, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
The grants are made under the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.<ref name="PortSecurity2015" /> The Federal Emergency Management Agency, one of the agencies under DHS, provided $100 million worth of grants in 2015. <gallery> 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:Hartz-Booth, Marine Co. 1, City of Huntington, (WV) Fire Department (photo 2).jpg |The ''Hartz-Booth'' patrols rivers in West Virginia </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=PortSecurity2015> {{cite web | url = https://www.fema.gov/fiscal-year-2015-port-security-grant-program | title = Fiscal Year 2015 Port Security Grant Program | publisher = FEMA | year = 2015 | access-date = January 21, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160215073742/http://www.fema.gov/fiscal-year-2015-port-security-grant-program | archive-date = February 15, 2016 | url-status = dead }} </ref>
<ref name=NorwalkCove> {{cite news | url = http://www.norwalkcove.com/?p=1232 | title = Meet Norwalk's New Fire Boat ! | work = Norwalk Cove | date = 2012-10-22 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160102015300/http://www.norwalkcove.com/meet-norwalks-new-fire-boat/ | archive-date = 2016-01-02 | access-date = 2014-02-01 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=WestportNews2014-07-29> {{cite news | url = http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Pumped-up-Fire-boat-deployed-for-firefighting-5654172.php#photo-6656574 | title = Pumped up: Fire boat deployed for firefighting drill | work = Westport News | date = 2014-07-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140730075710/http://www.westport-news.com/news/article/Pumped-up-Fire-boat-deployed-for-firefighting-5654172.php | archive-date = 2014-07-30 | access-date = 2014-10-24 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=NorwalkPatch> {{cite news | url = http://patch.com/connecticut/norwalk/boat-launch | title = City Christens New Fireboat [Video]: The 38-foot-long Robert L. Bedell was built in Oregon. | work = Norwalk Patch | author = Harold F. Cobin | date = 2012-11-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141024080404/http://patch.com/connecticut/norwalk/boat-launch | archive-date = 2014-10-24 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=herald-dispatch1> {{cite news | author = Taylor Stuck | url = http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/x1495951328/New-boat-adds-to-the-regions-emergency-response-on-river | title = New boat adds to the region's emergency response on river | work = The Herald-Dispatch | date = | access-date = 2015-08-01 | df = mdy-all }} </ref>
<ref name=Peteron> {{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=IDeD1RW0zPEC |author = Edward Montgomery Graham, David Matthew Marchick |year = 2006 |title = US national security and foreign direct investment |page = 31 |volume = 978 |publisher = Peterson Institute |isbn = 0-88132-391-8 |access-date = November 21, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151121142252/https://books.google.ca/books/about/US_National_Security_and_Foreign_Direct.html?id=IDeD1RW0zPEC&redir_esc=y |archive-date = November 21, 2015 |url-status = live }} </ref>
<ref name=Ndv2012-10-24> {{cite news | url = http://norwalk.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/new-norwalk-fire-boat-increases-homeland-security | title = New Norwalk Fire Boat Increases Homeland Security | work = Norwalk Daily Voice | author = Nancy Guenther Chapman | date = 2012-10-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131202231635/http://norwalk.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/new-norwalk-fire-boat-increases-homeland-security | archive-date = 2013-12-02 | access-date = 2014-10-24 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=Nhi2014-06-17> {{cite news | url = http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/nathan_hale_hits_the_harbor/ | title = "Nathan Hale" hits the harbor | work = New Haven Independent | author = Thomas MacMillan | date = 2013-06-17 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131231091954/http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/nathan_hale_hits_the_harbor/ | archive-date = 2013-12-31 | access-date = 2014-10-25 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref>
<ref name=Dhs2005-01-10> {{cite news | url = https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/OIG_05-10_Jan05.pdf | title = Review of the Port Security Grant Program | publisher = Department of Homeland Security | date = 2005-01-10 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150906202651/https://www.oig.dhs.gov/assets/Mgmt/OIG_05-10_Jan05.pdf | archive-date = 2015-09-06 | access-date = 2015-07-29 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live }} </ref>
<ref name=Columbian2014-04-22> {{cite news | url = http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/apr/22/new-vancouver-fireboat-be-named-discovery/ | title = New Vancouver fireboat to be named Discovery | work = The Columbian | author = Lauren Dake | date = April 22, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140620222407/http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/apr/22/new-vancouver-fireboat-be-named-discovery/ | archive-date = June 20, 2014 | url-status = live }} </ref>
<ref name=WashingtonTimes2014-09-21> {{cite news | url = http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/21/after-sept-11-port-security-a-regional-priority/?page=all | title = After Sept. 11, port security a regional priority | work = The Washington Times | author = Greg Smith | date = 2014-09-21 | location = New London, Connecticut | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140922161936/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/21/after-sept-11-port-security-a-regional-priority/?page=all | archive-date = 2014-09-22 | access-date = 2014-10-23 | df = mdy-all | url-status = live | quote = 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. }} </ref>
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